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Watch as California 'Bombarded' by Lightning Strikes Amid Wildfire Outbreak

The largest of the lightning fires is the TCU September Lightning Complex burning in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties in Central California.

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Thousands of lightning strikes spark wildfires in California

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Over 4,500 lightning strikes hit California overnight, sparking new wildfires

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Strong winds and high temperatures fuel new wildfires in California

New wildfires are burning across California, including one that has destroyed homes in the town of Chinese Camp, California.

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Multiple fires cause evacuation orders in California's Calaveras, Stanislaus counties

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Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Wildfire explodes in California as tropics heat up in Atlantic, Pacific

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After the Labor Day lightning, here’s where wildfires are burning in California

The complex comprises eight fires that were started by lightning on the night of Labor Day and into the following morning.

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Nearly 5,000 Lightning Strikes Ignite New California Wildfires

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San Diego County’s muggy monsoonal weather won’t end until Thursday

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Scientist measures biggest lightning strike in recorded history

Michael Peterson, a scientist at Georgia Tech Research Institute, managed to measure a lightning "megaflash" that stretched 515 miles, setting a world record.

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Lightning "megaflash" stretching 515 miles long is recognized as new world record

A lightning flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being the longest horizontal distance.

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515-Mile-Long Lightning Megaflash Sets New World Record

Strikes are measured using a combination of satellite technology and ground-based lightning mapping arrays—networks of sensors that record the radio signals produced by lightning.

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The longest lightning strike ever recorded stretched from Texas ... - MSN

A lightning strike that stretched from Texas to Missouri in 2017 was recently certified as the longest single lightning flash in recorded history.

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Lee Fire burning near Meeker remains fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado history

The Lee Fire burning in Rio Blanco County became the fourth-largest blaze in Colorado history Monday, a little more than three weeks after igniting southwest of Meeker.