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The World’s longest lightning bolt stretched nearly 500 miles across three states and lasted for almost nine seconds. The flash extended 477.2miles across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Experts at the World Meteorological Organization said the length equated to the distance between NYC and Columbus, Ohio. The previous record was set in Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil in October 2018.
Check out more about it here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/01/lightning-strike-records/9287734002/