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Astonishing ‘Megaflash’ Sets World Record for Longest Lightning Strike
A lightning flash tore across the sky above the Great Plains, stretching across a staggering 515 miles (829 kilometers) from eastern Texas to Kansas City. That “megaflash” shattered the previous record for longest lightning flash of 477 miles (768 kilometers), set in 2023.
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The Longest Lightning Flash Ever Recorded Stretched 829 Kilometers From Texas to MissouriUnlike the classic forked bolts that crash to Earth in a matter of milliseconds, megaflashes slither horizontally through ...
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New World Record-Longest 'Megaflash' Lightning Confirmed. It Covered A Distance From East Texas To Near Kansas CityA megaflash is a lightning discharge of very long distance and/or duration that satellites can detect. A reanalysis of a ...
In October 2017, a thunderstorm in the United States produced lightning that extended across several states. Now, researchers ...
Scientists recently discovered a record-breaking lightning strike. Back on October 22, 2017, a "megaflash" lightning strike stretched 515 miles across eastern Texas to Kansas City, Missouri. If you ...
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