Longest lightning bolt record announced: 477 miles over 3 states
The World Meteorological Organization on Monday announced that a single bolt in 2020 stretched for 477 miles across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
A few months later, a lightning megaflash in Uruguay and Argentina lasted 17 seconds, beating the old record for longest time.They were spotted by NOAA's GOES-16 satellite, CNN reported. "Environmental extremes are living measurements of the power of nature, as well as scientific progress in being able to make such assessments," said Professor Randall Cerveny, rapporteur of Weather and Climate Extremes for the WMO, according to USA TODAY."It is likely that even greater extremes still exist, and that we will be able to observe them as lightning detection technology improves.” .Page-below > .RichTextModule {display:none;} .Page-below .
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