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New Scientist on MSN21h
Longest lightning ‘mega-flash’ sets a shocking new record
A stroke of lighting that lasted more than 7 seconds and flashed across 829 kilometres is officially the longest ever ...
‘Megaflash’ lightning bolt traveled over 500 miles, setting a new record, study says
Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...
A massive lightning ‘megaflash’ set a world record — it stretched for a whopping 515 miles
A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...
Live Science on MSN6h
515-mile-long lightning bolt that spanned 5 states is the longest on record
A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected.
Lightning bolt reaching from Texas to Kansas City is now a world record
A lightning bolt that shot across the sky from East Texas to near Kansas City, Mo., during a 2017 thunderstorm has officially ...
A shocking record: Lightning bolt stretched 515 miles, crossed three states
The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City — a distance that would take at least eight hours by ...
Bolt flash over South Mississippi breaks world record for longest lightning bolt
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - A new record has been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization for the world’s longest lightning bolt, breaking a previous record set by a bolt that flashed across ...
FOX Weather on MSN12h
515-mile ‘megaflash’ from Texas to Missouri confirmed as world’s longest lightning bolt
The World Meteorological Organization says a lightning bolt that was visible for some 515 miles from eastern Texas through ...