The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has certified the longest single lightning flash ever recorded—a staggering 829 ...

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The massive lightning flash spanned from Texas to near Kansas City, surpassing the previous record of 477 miles set in 2020.

The record-setting lightning megaflash occurred on October 22, 2017, stretching approximately 829 kilometers, or 515 miles, ...

A single bolt traveled from East Texas to Missouri in 2017—515 miles in total—and just earned a world record from the WMO.

The longest lightning flash in the world covered more than 500 miles of ground, scientists have found. The “megaflash” ...

A lightning​ flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) certified the length of the lightning flash, which happened in East Texas back in 2017.