Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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Shocking! Within this cluster of storms, a single lightning bolt captured by NOAA's GOES-16 (GOES East) satellite in April 2020 was recently certified by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as the world’s longest flash on record with a distance of 477 miles.


Learn more:

https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/wmo-certifies-two-megaflash-lightning-records