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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.
Lightning Strike Sets New Record for Longest Ever Measured
Guinness World Records may be the go-to organization for measuring the extent of (sometimes dubious) human achievement, but for natural phenomena, the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO’s) Committee on Weather and Climate Extremes sets the bar.
On Wednesday and Thursday, in only a 24-hour period, the Northstate was hit by 3,535 lightning strikes which then started 23 ...
Thunderstorms brought isolated downpours, power outages and hundreds of lightning strikes on Wednesday evening, some of which sparked brush and house fires, and more storms are on the way, according ...
Some lightning strikes are much more powerful than others and can often be the culprit behind some of Colorado's wildfires.
Severe storms in Acadiana led to a lightning strike that destroyed a church in St. Mary Parish. The historic St. John the ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Georgia Military College in Augusta will reopen after repairs from a lightning strike earlier this ...
A lightning strike ignited a fire that destroyed St. John Baptist Church in Four Corners. The loss has shaken the tight-knit community as members look toward rebuilding.
A Wednesday lightning strike on the St. John Baptist Church in the Four Corners community in St. Mary Parish led to the ...
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An apparent lightning strike and fire Thursday afternoon led to all of the residents of a 16-unit building being displaced, ...
The Tongue River Fire Department responded to a reported lightning strike near a residence at 294 Brook Street in Ranchester ...
A structure fire at a Moses Lake cold storage warehouse in the 3200 block of Road N Northeast Thursday afternoon appears to have been caused by a lightning strike, according to a City of Moses Lake ...
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