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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 · 4d

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.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 5d

515-Mile-Long ‘Megaflash’ of Lightning Sets a New World Record, Spanning Eastern Texas to West-Central Missouri

In October 2017, lightning stretched across multiple Great Plains states, and a weather satellite captured the event

The Weather Channel on MSN2d

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

Scientists have confirmed a new world record for the longest lightning flash in a thunderstorm complex, which hit the Great ...

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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, ...

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