US lightning bolt sets new world record of 477 miles

There is a new record for the world’s longest lighting bolt (NOAA via AP)

A bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 500 miles across three US states is the new world record holder for the longest flash.

The single flash extended 477.2 miles across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi in April 2020, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said. That beat  the old record of 440.6 miles set in 2018.