Monsoon thunderstorm in Sierra Vista, Arizona. 9 Sept, 2011. (Photo by Steven Maguire)

A thrill-seeking storm chaser captured the precise moment these giant lightning bolts lit up dark skies in a series of incredible storms. (Photo by Craig Eccles/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Capturing this picture of lightning striking near Blackpool Tower has earned Stephen Cheatley the UK Weather Photographer of the Year award 2018. (Photo by Stephen Cheatley/Bav Media)

An incredible clear-air lightning display from storms to the east of Noonamah, just outside Darwin on April 6, 2015. (Photo by Jacci Ingham/The Guardian)

Lightning strikes as smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. The death toll from the unprecedented assault by Palestinian militant group Hamas on its territory rose to 900 in Israel, which has retaliated with a withering barrage of strikes on Gaza, raising the death toll there to 687. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)

A handout photo made available by TeideLab shows an image composed of 200 pictures that shows the lightning activity between 3 am and 7am during a storm in Izana, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 27 October 2019. Over 2,000 lighting strikes fell mostly over Tenerife island last 26 October during a strong storm. (Photo by Daniel López/EPA/EFE/TeideLab)

There were huge thunder and lightening stroms in the South of England last night. Photographer Jamie Russell captured a stuning lightening striking the sea at Freshwater Bay on the Isle of Wight on September 6, 2022. (Photo by Jamie Russell/Bournemouth News)

Lighting from an approaching thunder storm strikes near the shore in Panama City Beach, Fla., on Thursday, July 10, 2014. (Photo by Brennen Smith/AP Photo/The Decatur Daily)