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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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The Longest Lightning Flash Ever Recorded Stretched 829 Kilometers From Texas to Missouri

Unlike the classic forked bolts that crash to Earth in a matter of milliseconds, megaflashes slither horizontally through ...
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ASU professor helps measure longest lightning flash in new certified record

In October 2017, a thunderstorm in the United States produced lightning that extended across several states. Now, researchers ...
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What is a “megaflash?” Explaining the phenomenon

Scientists recently discovered a record-breaking lightning strike. Back on October 22, 2017, a "megaflash" lightning strike stretched 515 miles across eastern Texas to Kansas City, Missouri. If you ...
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JJ’s That’s Trending: AfterShox Make History, The MegaFlash, Radioactive Wasps and More

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter President Trump late yesterday dropped new, steep tariffs on exports from dozens of trade ...