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The Cool Down on MSN · 13h

Experts confirm new world record after 'megaflash' lightning strike stretches over 500 miles: 'Incredible power'

It was one for the record books, a lightning flash that reached from eastern Texas to Kansas City. It happened back on Oct. 22, 2017. The World Meteorological Organization has now confirmed the 515-mile-long "megaflash" is a new world record for the longest lightning discharge.

CBS News on MSN · 4d

Lightning "megaflash" stretching 515 miles long is recognized as new world record

A lightning flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being the longest horizontal distance.

CNN on MSN · 5d

‘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, more than 500 miles.

ZME Science on MSN1d

The Longest Lightning Flash Ever Recorded Stretched 829 Kilometers From Texas to Missouri

Unlike the classic forked bolts that crash to Earth in a matter of milliseconds, megaflashes slither horizontally through ...

Sierra Sun Times8h

NOAA Satellites Help Certify World’s Longest Lightning Flash – Over 500 Horizontal Miles in the United States

Image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of the thunderstorm complex that produced the megaflash lightning bolt on October 22, ...

ASU professor helps measure longest lightning flash in new certified record

In October 2017, a thunderstorm in the United States produced lightning that extended across several states. Now, researchers ...

“We Call it Megaflash Lightning”: Scientists Use Satellites to Find New Record-Breaking Weather Extremes

Scientists have now observed the largest megaflash lightning strike ever documented across 515 miles of the Great Plains.

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