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CNN on MSN · 2h

‘Megaflash’ lightning bolt traveled over 500 miles, setting a new record, study says

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles.

Newsweek on MSN · 5h

Record-Breaking 515-Mile-Long Lightning Strike Captured Over the US

"This new record clearly demonstrates the incredible power of the natural environment," professor Randall Cerveny said.

USA TODAY on MSN · 5h

World record longest lightning flash discovered – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt

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 from Dallas to Kansas City in October 2017. In East Coast terms, that's equivalent to the distance from New York City to Charlotte, N.C.

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Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space, simulations show

Now, a new study has used computer models to reveal that lightning strikes as the result of a powerful chain reaction that ...

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Lightning bolt reaching from Texas to Kansas City is now a world record

A lightning bolt that shot across the sky from East Texas to near Kansas City, Mo., during a 2017 thunderstorm has officially ...

5h

Weather-tracking advances are revealing astonishing extremes of lightning

It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to ...

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How to tell how far away lightning is by counting

Did you see a flash of lightning? Start counting, because that can tell you how far away the thunderstorm is, and if it's ...

More lightning brings new wildfires around Central Oregon, the largest at about 27 acres, as stormy weather lingers

A new fire, Incident 667, was reported late Wednesday morning southwest of Mackey Mountain in the southeast corner of Crook ...

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Powerful lightning strike creates sparks on car's hood during storm: See the video

'Gray Divorce' Is On The Rise, And Relationship Experts Think This Is Why Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier dies in ...

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KC-area dad says ‘God’s hand’ kept lightning from striking him, his 3-year-old son

Dylon Conner, who helps with youth leadership at Church of the Four Corners in Independence, feels God helped save him and ...

Space.com on MSN2d

ISS astronauts spot lightning strike from space | Space photo of the day for July 29, 2025

As the ISS passed above the city-state of Singapore at 3:18 a.m. local time on June 15, the crew witnessed an electrifying ...

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