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Is 389 kilometers per hour as fast as a bolt of Lightning?

It's about one-nine-hundredth as fast as a bolt of Lightning
The speed of a bolt of Lightning is about 350,000 kilometers per hour.
(atmospheric electrical discharge)
A bolt of lightning can travel at up to 350,000 kph when arcing from the atmosphere to the Earth. An estimated 280 million lightning strikes strikes occur each year.
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