A police car's dashboard camera caught the moment a lightning bolt struck power lines in Mount Pleasant, sparking a fireball ...

Intense scenes were caught on dashcam in South Carolina on August 11 after a powerful lightning strike hit a transformer ...

Dash cam footage captures pillar of fire sparked by dramatic lightning strike - ...

A police officer’s dash camera captured the moment lightning struck a pole off a highway Monday in South Carolina, causing it ...

A police car's dashboard camera caught the moment a lightning bolt struck power lines in Mount Pleasant, sparking a fireball ...

The lightning strike caused our power outages and traffic delays. Fortunately, no one was injured...," the Mount Pleasant Police Department in South Carolina said ...

A lightning strike in South Carolina was captured on a police officer’s dashcam as thunderstorms moved through the Mount ...

An intense video recorded in South Carolina shows the moment when a bolt of lightning caused a transformer to explode in ...

A megaflash occurs when a lightning bolt reaches 60 miles (or 100 kilometers, to be exact). According to satellite observations, less than one percent of thunderstorms produce megaflash lightning.

By Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles.

A shocking record: Lightning bolt stretched 515 miles, crossed three states The 2017 “megaflash” was more than 50 times the length of the average bolt.