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8/1/2025
Record lightning Megaflash stretches 515 miles across U.S.
Posted 10:37 AM 8/2/2025 by Chief Meteorologist Dr. Josh Eachus
AUSTIN, TX – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially recognized a new record for the longest single lightning flash, a staggering "megaflash" that covered 515 miles across the central United States on October 22, 2017. The bolt of lightning stretched from eastern Texas (More)
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