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Not often a mistake pays off, but it did for saddle bronc rider Shorty Garrett at Dodge City's Roundup Rodeo on July 31.
Scientists have just confirmed an October 2017 ‘megaflash’ set a new world record for the longest lightning streak ever recorded. It streaked across eastern Texas and the Great Plains, touching down ...
The restaurant, which has atmosphere to spare, turned 25 this year — quite a feat considering it’s in a town of less than 500.
A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...
NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...
A megaflash is a lightning discharge of very long distance and/or duration that satellites can detect. A reanalysis of a ...
The GOES satellites are a major part of the puzzle, since they continuously monitor the sky. They also identified the longest ...
The flash occurred in October 2017, but scientists didn't catch it until years later using new lightning-detection tools. An ASU scientist confirmed the record and said it demonstrates the power of ...
A stroke of lighting that lasted more than 7 seconds and flashed across 829 kilometres is officially the longest ever ...
A lightning bolt stretching 515 miles (829 km) from eastern Texas to near Kansas City has set a terrifying new record as the ...
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The Almanac’s winter forecast typically releases each August and often makes headlines with bold predictions of bitter cold, ...