{"id":53293,"date":"2022-02-02T19:37:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/768km-uzunlugundaki-yildirim-rekor-kirdi\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T21:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:50:08","slug":"the-768-km-long-lightning-strike-broke-a-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/the-768-km-long-lightning-strike-broke-a-record\/","title":{"rendered":"The 768 km Long Lightning Strike Broke a Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world\u2019s longest lightning strike occurred last week in the United States. The lightning strike, which occurred simultaneously within seconds across 3 states where air travel takes several hours, broke the previous record of a 60 km-long lightning strike by improving it 12 times. According to scientists, it was recorded as the lightning strike with the widest impact area ever observed in history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The World Meteorological Organization, which continues its work under the umbrella of the United Nations, stated that a single lightning strike reached 3 states. The 768 km lightning strike recorded in Texas and Mississippi affected many locations in between due to the fringe effect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21518\" src=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/yildirim-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"lightning strike map\" width=\"1096\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/yildirim-1-1.jpg 1096w, https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/yildirim-1-1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/yildirim-1-1-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/yildirim-1-1-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/yildirim-1-1-260x144.jpg 260w, https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/yildirim-1-1-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/yildirim-1-1-135x75.jpg 135w, https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/yildirim-1-1-600x332.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Super Lightning strikes formed by Supercell clouds emerging as a result of global warming leave very serious damage at the points they hit and cause loss of life and property. Super protection systems are required against super lightning strikes. As Y\u0131lkomer, our lightning protection designs carried out with the world\u2019s most effective protection products increase facility safety to the maximum level against Super Lightning thanks to the proven protective capabilities of technologies such as strikesorb and cmce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember, Y\u0131lkomer <strong>\u2018Protects Your Values\u2019<\/strong> !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s longest lightning strike occurred last week in the United States. 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