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The longest lightning strike ever recorded stretched from Texas to Missouri

A lightning strike that stretched from Texas to Missouri in 2017 was recently certified as the longest single lightning flash in recorded history. The strike stretched a distance that would take nearly nine hours to drive.

Beaumont Enterprise on MSN · 11h

Texas lightning bolt sets world record for longest flash at 515 miles

Well, it's official. The single megaflash lighting bolt of 2017 was certified as the world’s longest flash on record. The lighting occurred on October 22, 2017, and the horizontal distance stretched 515 miles from east Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

ZME Science on MSN · 18h

The Longest Lightning Flash Ever Recorded Stretched 829 Kilometers From Texas to Missouri

Unlike the classic forked bolts that crash to Earth in a matter of milliseconds, megaflashes slither horizontally through massive storm systems, rarely touching the ground. Most lightning bolts are short (typically under 20 kilometers) and just an inch wide. But megaflashes travel across entire states.

Texas, Houston and Democrats

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Texas Democrats Arrive in Illinois to Block Vote Back Home on Redrawn House Maps Sought by Trump

Texas Democrats have left the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republicans hope will net them several additional U.S. House seat

Bloomberg on MSN · 8h

Missouri Republicans Consider Joining Texas to Redraw House Maps

Missouri Republicans are mulling a redistricting plan similar to one taking shape in Texas that President Donald Trump has pushed to bolster the chances for the GOP to maintain control of Congress after the 2026 midterm elections.

Chicago Tribune · 9h

Texas House Democrats urge blue states to redraw congressional lines to counter Texas GOP

The call to action follows the currently stymied effort by the Texas GOP to redraw the state’s congressional map to try to flip five districts to Republicans in 2026.

28mon MSN

Expert, Mayor Lucas weigh in on metro redistricting amid Texas bill

Mayor Quinton Lucas also said he opposes gerrymandering in the metro. He has a strong message for metro residents who support ...

3hOpinion

As Texas and Missouri redistrict, doesn’t GOP have enough power already? | Opinion

The looming redistricting in Missouri is overshadowed by a similar GOP effort in Texas, where the state’s Democrats have fled ...

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Will Missouri football begin season ranked in coaches poll? Here is full preseason top 25

Missouri football is the highest-ranked team from the final 2024 coaches poll not to begin the 2025 campaign as a top-25 team ...

8hon MSN

Missouri, Illinois governors join national gerrymandering fight ahead of 2026 midterms

Back in Missouri, Republican leaders are weighing a plan that could reduce the state's Democratic-held seats in Congress from two to one. That effort could erase the Kansas City-based district ...

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Texas Dems ripped for 'cartoonishly dumb' strategy to flee to blue state notorious for gerrymandering

Texas Democratic lawmakers arrive in Illinois after fleeing their state to block a Republican redistricting vote that President Trump says could gain the GOP five new House seats ...

Missouri Task Force One reflects on Texas flood mission

Missouri Task Force One members are back in Kansas City now but remain on call, ready to respond to the next natural disaster ...

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Texas’ congressional redistricting could spark similar efforts across U.S.

Texas lawmakers are poised to approved an aggressive redistricting plan they hope will flip five of the state's congressional ...

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KY3 Digital Extra: Missouri’s Republican state lawmakers consider changing Congressional districts

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Texas Legislature is in special session to update the state’s Congressional districts. President Trump has mentioned Missouri as another state that needs redistricting ...

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