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A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected.
Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.
The World Meteorological Organization has confirmed a 515-mile lightning strike from 2017 as the longest ever recorded.
A jaw-dropping 515-mile lightning bolt lit up the skies from Texas to Kansas City, smashing previous records and reshaping ...
The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City — a distance that would take at least eight hours by ...
On Thursday, the World Meteorological Organization certified the record for the longest single lightning bolt ever measured ...
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 ...
A single bolt traveled from East Texas to Missouri in 2017—515 miles in total—and just earned a world record from the WMO.