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515-Mile Lightning Bolt, as Big as 7,553 Football Fields, Breaks World Record

The World Meteorological Organization reported that a megaflash has set a new world record for lightning discharge distance. The lightning bolt stretched 515 miles. The powerful bolt struck in 2017 and extended from eastern Texas to Kansas City in Missouri.

Scientific American · 2d

515-Mile-Long Lightning Megaflash Sets New World Record

A lighting flash that spanned from East Texas to an area near Kansas City in 2017 is officially the longest lightning strike ever measured, according to the World Meteorological Organization

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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 Missouri in October 2017 is now considered to be the world’s longest.

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World's longest lightning bolt discovered in satellite data from 2017

On Thursday, the World Meteorological Organization certified the record for the longest single lightning bolt ever measured ...

AI Boosts Early Meteorology Warnings for All

The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have co-sponsored a meteorological ...

Nation shares early warning weather system with world

In recent years, the administration has jointly developed cloud-based early warning systems with the meteorological ...

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