A few days ago, experts from the World Meteorological Organization set two world records referring to the longest-range beam in history along with the longest-lasting.
These records belong to the American locality of Oklahoma and to the south of France respectively.
As for the longest-range beam, it occurred in 2007 in the North American state of Oklahoma and managed to cover a distance of more than 300 kilometers. As for the longest lightning strike, it occurred in 2012 in the south of France and lasted for about 7 seconds.
According to experts in the field, lightning is one of the most dangerous meteorological phenomena in the world, since at the end of the year the figures show that many people end up dying as a result of the impact of these rays. Luckily today, There are many improvements that exist today and therefore it is possible to study the rays in detail and in this way avoid said personal injuries.
Within this evaluation process in which said world records could be established, the expert committee managed to agree that The definition of "lightning strike" refers to a series of electrical processes that occur in a continuous manner. In this way, the definition that was in force today and that referred to the fact that said discharge was due to the previously determined time interval of one second is rejected. As I have already commented previously, this new statement is due to the great advance that currently exists in the field of lightning and lightning and that allows monitoring and studying them for a longer time.
Hopefully progress will go much further and far fewer people die each year from lightning.