Two record-breaking lightning flashes occurred in 2020: one with a length of 768 km is the longest ever recorded, while another with a duration of 17 seconds is the longest lasting flash ever detected
The world’s longest lightning flashes – both in terms of the distance covered and duration – have been measured from space and confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization .
Both flashes were seen in thunderstorm hotspots, in the Great Plains of North America and the Río de la Plata basin in South America. These geographies are prone to relatively large convective systems, which can cause individual thunderstorms to combine into massive weather systems that trigger extreme lightning strikes.
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