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The world’s longest lightning thunderbolt, which extends 829 km across the major plains, has been confirmed by WMO.
Megaflash records captured in a concept: a single thunderbolt stretches from Texas to Kansas, where it displays the amazing range and strength of nature. (Image: Imagen 4)
A huge thunderbolt was confirmed that lit the sky from Texas to Kansas as the longest thunderbolt in the world ever recorded, extending over the course of amazing 829 km across the major plains. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday that the strike occurred in October 2017, but was recently confirmed.
The Terbas, classified as “Mega Flash”, won the previous record of 768 km with a large margin of 61 km. The former record holder via Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi filled in April 2020.
Unlike regular lightning, Megaflashes extends horizontally through clouds, often exceeding hundreds of kilometers. Scientists say they are still learning how these rare phenomena occur. “We are now getting to know how mechanics of how and why it happens,” said Randy Servni of Arizona State University, who is also working with WMO. “It is possible that there are still greater degrees, and we will be able to consider it as high -quality thunderbolt measurements that accumulate over time.”
This discovery was discovered using satellite data from a satellite in the Noaa East Weather, which rotates more than 35,000 km above the surface of the Earth. This high -rise point allows researchers to capture huge thunderbolt events, often missing the ground -based detection systems.
Usually, most lightning screws are less than 16 km and beaten vertically. But when the conditions allow, some extend horizontally to hundreds of kilometers inside Thundercloud systems at the birth of Megaflashes. Scientists are classified as a thunderbolt of lightning longer than 100 km as a Mega owner.
WMO said that the new record highlights the raw strength of nature, but also advances in the technology of lightning that allows researchers to appoint and confirm such rare events.
Lightning is caused by the accumulation of electrical energy and its drainage in stormy clouds. Due to the collision of the particles inside the cloud, they create a chapter on charges where positive charges rise up and negatively to the bottom. When the imbalance becomes very large, the electricity rises across the air in a sudden flash. This strong and powerful natural power has been fascinated for centuries, symbolizing both fear and dread. Besides its visual drama, the Lightning helps to maintain the electrical balance of the Earth and contributes to stabilizing nitrogen in the soil, which is necessary for vegetarian life and reminds its hidden environmental role.
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