Blinding Lightning Strike Stuns Rural Community Boone County, MO — December 4, 2025 A rural Missouri neighborhood was jolted awake late Wednesday night when an enormous lightning strike—described by witnesses as “the brightest flash they’d ever seen”—hit just yards from a farmhouse driveway, all of it captured in a dramatic security-camera recording. The footage shows a calm, rain-soaked field moments before the night sky explodes into pure white. For nearly two full seconds, the landscape disap

The Auckland Sky Tower has taken a direct hit from a lightning bolt this lunchtime. A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for several areas in northern Auckland, including Rodney, Gulf and Albany. A severe thunderstorm watch remains in force for Northland, Auckland, Great Barrier Island, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato and Bay of Plenty. The storms are expected to include torrential downpours, with up to 40mm of rain falling in an hour, which can lead to slips and flash flooding. Wind gust

ENDLESS LIGHTNING! 🤯⚡️ Have you ever seen nonstop flashes like this? This tornado-warned storm in North Dakota has so much lightning that it almost looks like a timelapse, but this video is captured in REAL-TIME! The reason some storms flash nonstop is because a strong updraft keeps recharging the lightning over and over. ⚡🤔 From our chase in North Dakota, this summer. #LightningStorm #Tornado #ExtremeWeather #StormChasing #Lightning | Ricky Forbes