US EditionLongest Lightning Flash Record Broken in Storm Hotspot
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The record-breaking lightning strike – which struck in 2017 – covered several states and was as long as the crow flies between Paris and Venice. A new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization classifies it as the world's longest lightning strike.
Longest lightning flash record broken in storm hotspot
Meteorologists have confirmed the world’s longest lightning flash at more than 800km in the US Great Plains. The record for longest lightning strike has been set at more than 800kmA new world record for the longest lightning flash has been confirmed at 829 km (515 miles) in a notorious storm hotspot in the US.The megaflash occurred in October 2017, during a major thunderstorm. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) extended from eastern Tex…
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