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‘Megaflash’ lightning bolt traveled over 500 miles, setting a new record, study says

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...
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515-mile ‘megaflash’ from Texas to Missouri confirmed as world’s longest lightning bolt

The World Meteorological Organization says a lightning bolt that was visible for some 515 miles from eastern Texas through ...

A massive lightning ‘megaflash’ set a world record — it stretched for a whopping 515 miles

A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...

Bolt flash over South Mississippi breaks world record for longest lightning bolt

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - A new record has been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization for the world’s longest lightning bolt, breaking a previous record set by a bolt that flashed across ...