Records for the longest flash of lightening

Records for the longest flash of lightening, both in distance and duration, have been set.

United Nations: 

A single lightning flash stretched more than 700 kilometers across Brazil last year. Equivalent to the distance between Boston and Washington DC has created a new world record. For the longest reported distance of lightning, the UN’s weather agency has announced.

A World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) committee of experts said two new world records for the longest reported distance and the longest reported duration for a single lightning flash were set in Brazil and Argentina.

The new records for extreme lightning bursts, or ‘megaflashes’, during 2019, are more than double the size and duration of the previous record flashes.

Update by Ayesha Rahman