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⚡ Nature’s Longest Lightning Bolt Sets New World Record
In a recent milestone confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a truly gargantuan lightning flash has ...
515-Mile Lightning Bolt, as Big as 7,553 Football Fields, Breaks World Record
The powerful lightning bolt, also known as a megaflash, stretched 515 miles from eastern Texas to Kansas City, Mo. The ...
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515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history
Though it struck over the U.S. years ago, experts have only recently determined that a lightning bolt that a lightning flash ...
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WMO Confirms Record-Breaking 829 km Lightning Megaflash, Longest Ever Across Five U.S. States
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has certified the longest single lightning flash ever recorded—a staggering 829 ...
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Finland’s chief meteorologist sees climate change impact from his summer cottage on Lake Saimaa
Petteri Taalas, director of the Finnish Meteorological Institute and formerly of the World Meteorological Organisation, ...
Dominican Today13h
Learn about the three challenges the country faces in managing water resources properly.
In the Dominican Republic, water resources are sufficient to meet projected water demand for the coming years, but average ...
World’s longest lightning flash: This 'megaflash' spanned 829 kilometers; here’s what you need to know
A colossal 'megaflash' stretching 829 kilometers across the sky above the United States on October 22, 2017, has been ...
New research shows Oklahoma saw the world's longest flash of lightning in historic storm
On a stormy pre-dawn morning in late 2017, a lightning bolt near Dallas unzipped the sky, racing northeast through the clouds ...
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WMO Photo Contest Opens for Public Voting
WMO's calendar competition - one of its most popular annual public activities - is now open for voting.A WMO jury of experts selected 75 finalists ...