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The Longest Lightning Bolt Ever Recorded

The Longest Lightning Bolt Ever Recorded

by Srijita Saha
May 9, 2022
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Today, we will discuss The Longest Lightning Bolt Ever Recorded. Well, if you haven’t seen lightning then you won’t understand it as an awe-inspiring phenomenon. It illuminates the sky with its fearsome strikes. As the records, it happens up to 1.4 billion times every year.  Little did you know that lightning aids in the fixation of nitrogen, cleaning the air pollutants from the atmosphere too.

Do you know, how big can a lightning bolt get? To know the longest one that has ever been recorded in history, do give this article a read to the end.

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The Longest Lightning Bolt Ever Recorded

Well, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has made an announcement, confirming the details of the longest lightning bolt that has ever been recorded. It was a gargantuan mega strike that stretched for over 750 Km across the three American states. Talking more about it, the flash took place on 29 April 2020. It was found across a stretch of 768 km covering Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi respectively. This is more equivalent to the distance between London and Hamberg, Germany. But, this wasn’t the only one. Another quite a long lightning bolt occurred in June 2020. The duration of the flash was 17 seconds with the continuous burst of lightning triggering a thunderstorm in Argentina.

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society had published these findings. One of the significant aims of these records is to provide public lightning safety concerns as flashes can travel and cover large distances. These didn’t happen without active thunderstorms.

Safety

Briefly, these are hazards which badly claim several lives every year. When we talk about lightning safe locations, we mean the buildings having proper wiring and plumbing. Otherwise, a fully closed metal-topped vehicle is also a good choice. We have talked about the monster flashes which can badly impact human society. Thus, safety measures must be taken whenever there is a thunderstorm. Keep yourself and your family safe during such lightning strikes. a

To date, have you ever witnessed a lightning bolt?

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Srijita Saha

Srijita Saha

Srijita is a weather enthusiast and you will often find her writing about global warming and weather changes. You can reach out to her at [email protected]

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