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It was one for the record books, a lightning flash that reached from eastern Texas to Kansas City. It happened back on Oct.
A lightning​ flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...
In October 2017, lightning stretched across multiple Great Plains states, and a weather satellite captured the event ...
The 2017 'megaflash' stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, crossing at least three states in seven seconds, ...
Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...
Image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of the thunderstorm complex that produced the megaflash lightning bolt on October 22, ...
Well, it's official. The single megaflash lighting bolt of 2017 was certified as the world’s longest flash on record. The ...
A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...
The World Meteorological Organization reported that a megaflash has set a new world record for lightning discharge distance.
NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...
The massive lightning flash spanned from Texas to near Kansas City, surpassing the previous record of 477 miles set in 2020.
A record-breaking lightning megaflash, stretching 829 kilometres, stunned scientists after occurring during a thunderstorm ...