Longest lightning flash on record confirmed by meteorologists

Name: Longest lightning flash on record confirmed by meteorologists
Uploaded: 2022-02-01T15:11:03-05:00
Duration: 43 s
Description: Satellite images captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show a storm that brought a flash of lightning that spanned Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on April 29, 2020. The World Meteorological Organization claims the 477.2-mile-long flash broke the previous record for longest detected ‘megaflash.’

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Longest lightning flash on record confirmed by meteorologists

Satellite images captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show a storm that brought a flash of lightning that spanned Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on April 29, 2020. The World Meteorological Organization claims the 477.2-mile-long flash broke the previous record for longest detected ‘megaflash.’

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