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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.
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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, ...
Texas lightning bolt sets world record for longest flash at 515 miles
Well, it's official. The single megaflash lighting bolt of 2017 was certified as the world’s longest flash on record. The ...
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515-Mile 'Megaflash' From Texas to Kansas Sets World Record For Longest Lightning Bolt: World Meteorological Organization
The 2017 'megaflash' stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, crossing at least three states in seven seconds, ...
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World's Longest Lightning Bolt Shocks Scientists at 515 Miles
This is one for the record books — a single lightning bolt stretched more than 515 miles across the U.S., from Texas to Kansas City, shattering the previous world record by 38 miles. Known as a ...
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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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Step Into the Eerie Past of the Texas Branch Davidian Compound
Uncover the chilling history of Waco’s Branch Davidian Compound, a Texas landmark forever marked by one of the nation’s most infamous sieges.