The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released new information about a remarkable discovery involving a record-breaking lightning strike that occurred in 2017. After a reanalysis of ...
Scientists have just confirmed an October 2017 ‘megaflash’ set a new world record for the longest lightning streak ever recorded. It streaked across eastern Texas and the Great Plains, touching down ...
Talk about a bolt from the blue. Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt that blasted across central U.S. skies ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Years later, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially confirmed the longest single lightning flash ever recorded, stemming from a powerful storm in June 2017.
It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to Kansas City, setting a new world record. Subscribe to our newsletter for ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) — A newly certified world record lightning bolt is now officially the longest ever recorded, and it passed right through Kansas. Barely! The World Meteorological Organization (WMO ...
This study is led by Li Yiran, Dr. Li Qingyong, Dr. Geng Yangli-ao and Guo zhiqing from Beijing Jiaotong University, and Dr. Zheng Dong, Dr. Xu Liangtao, Yao wen and Dr. Lyu Weitao from Chinese ...
GOES-16 satellite image recording a record-setting 515-mile ligtning megaflash during a storm in October 2017. Red circles mark positively charged branches of the lightning, and blue circles mark ...
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