US lightning flash was longest on record at 515 miles, scientists say
by Taro Kaneko from Science | The Guardian on (#6Z0T2)
The 2017 flash, which stretched from east Texas to near Kansas City, beat the previous record by almost 50 miles
A 515-mile (829km) lightning flash has set a new record as the longest ever identified.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed the new world record for the flash registered on 22 October 2017 over the Great Plains in the US. It stretched from east Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, roughly the distance between Paris and Venice.
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