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The WMO said the 477.2-mile-long flash broke the previous record for longest detected megaflash distance by about 37 miles (60 km).A second record was also confirmed, for the longest duration of a ...
Along the Gulf Coast in April of 2020, a flash of lightning stretched as far as the distance between New York City and Columbus, Ohio.
The flash covered a horizontal stretch equivalent to the distance between New York City and Columbus, Ohio. 477-mile lightning bolt across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi sets new world record ...
Sympathetic lightning is the tendency of lightning to be loosely coordinated across long distances. Discharges can appear in clusters when viewed from space. [22] [23] [24] [clarification needed] Upward lightning or ground-to-cloud lightning is a lightning flash which originates from the top of a grounded object and propagates upward from this ...
The phenomenon sees the highest density of lightning in the world, at 250 per km 2. [5] In summers, the phenomenon may even occur as dry lightning without rainfall. [6] The lightning changes its flash frequency throughout the year, and it is different from year to year.
January 31 – The World Meteorological Organization certified a 17.1-second-long lightning strike over Uruguay and northern Argentina on June 18, 2020, as a new world record for the longest lasting lightning strike. [137] January 31 – February 1 – A landslide and floods in Ecuador killed 24 people with nine missing, and injured 47 others ...
A bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 500 miles across three U.S. states is the new world record holder for longest flash. The single flash extended 477.2 miles (768 kilometers) across Texas ...
Strong rains on 25 October and 4 November caused flash flooding and resulted in the deaths of at least 17 people, including five electrocuted when a tram power line collapsed into a puddle. [28] 5 November 2015: 3 rain storms Flash flooding occurred in the Jordanian capital Amman causing 3 deaths when a severe thunderstorm lasted over 30 minutes.