Check out this lightning streak across the sky in Washington D.C. The video is from an apartment near D.C.'s Logan Circle. It shows a bright orange lightning strike on the right side of the screen, ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed a new world record for the longest single lightning flash ever recorded, an astonishing 829 kilometers (515 miles). This “megaflash” lit up ...

Severe storms this week produced some incredible lightning strikes over Apopka, Florida. Dazzling video captured the lightning shooting across the night sky, seeming to create a web across the clouds.

Here's the lightning visible from the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund. Message on the big screen confirms what we know: "Due to bad weather conditions, the game has been interrupted. Further information ...

TRI-CITIES, Tenn./Va. (WJHL) — Storms rolling through the region Tuesday evening resulted in a confirmed tornado, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). A tornado warning was issued in ...

A video of a "weird sky" with a "sepia tone" captured during a thunderstorm has stunned viewers on TikTok. The clip was shared by @chloeepatrick and amassed over 830,000 views since it was shared on ...

A police officer’s dash camera captured the moment lightning struck a pole off a highway Monday in South Carolina, causing it to erupt into a fireball. The dash cam footage shows the police officer ...

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