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Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...
A lightning flash tore across the sky above the Great Plains, stretching across a staggering 515 miles (829 kilometers) from ...
A lightning​ flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...
A lightning​ flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...
A megaflash is a lightning discharge of very long distance and/or duration that satellites can detect. A reanalysis of a ...
The massive lightning flash spanned from Texas to near Kansas City, surpassing the previous record of 477 miles set in 2020.
In October 2017, lightning stretched across multiple Great Plains states, and a weather satellite captured the event ...
The World Meteorological Organization has confirmed a ‘shocking’ new record for the world’s longest megaflash of lightning.
A lighting flash that spanned from East Texas to an area near Kansas City in 2017 is officially the longest lightning strike ...
A record-breaking lightning megaflash, stretching 829 kilometres, stunned scientists after occurring during a thunderstorm ...
A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...
NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...