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The Cool Down on MSN · 6h

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 · 3d

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.

Knewz on MSN · 20h

515-Mile 'Megaflash' From Texas to Kansas Sets World Record For Longest Lightning Bolt: World Meteorological Organization

The 2017 'megaflash' stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, crossing at least three states in seven seconds, breaking the old record.

Sierra Sun Times1h

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, ...

The Weather Channel on MSN4d

New World Record-Longest 'Megaflash' Lightning Confirmed. It Covered A Distance From East Texas To Near Kansas City

A megaflash is a lightning discharge of very long distance and/or duration that satellites can detect. A reanalysis of a ...

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