摘要
一道跨越美国得克萨斯州、路易斯安那州和密西西比州,跨越区域达768千米的闪电,被确认为有记录以来最长的闪电。
A strike of lightning that stretched across three American states has been identified as the longest lightning ever recorded.The lightning was recorded on April 29,2020.It covered an area of 768 kilometers across the states of Texas,Louisiana and Mississippi.The old record,set in 2018,was a lightning strike in Brazil that covered 709 kilometers.The World MeteorologicalOrganization(WMO)spokesperson Clare Nullis said the new record demonstrated the speed by which lightning can strike.