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It was one for the record books, a lightning flash that reached from eastern Texas to Kansas City. It happened back on Oct.
A lightning flash tore across the sky above the Great Plains, stretching across a staggering 515 miles (829 kilometers) from ...
A lightning​ flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being ...
In October 2017, lightning stretched across multiple Great Plains states, and a weather satellite captured the event ...
The 2017 'megaflash' stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, crossing at least three states in seven seconds, ...
The World Meteorological Organization says a lightning bolt that was visible for some 515 miles from eastern Texas through ...
A single lightning bolt silently crossed three states in 2017. Years later, satellites finally uncovered its record-breaking ...
A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...
Well, it's official. The single megaflash lighting bolt of 2017 was certified as the world’s longest flash on record. The ...
Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...
NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...
Image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of the thunderstorm complex that produced the megaflash lightning bolt on October 22, ...