Clouds hover over the Andes Mountains in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)





The sun sets over northern Gaza ruins, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Sderot, Israel, on February 2, 2024. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)





A plume of Saharan dust headed toward the Florida coast is visible during the sunrise at Midtown Beach in Palm Beach on June 27, 2024. (Photo by Meghan McCarthy/Palm Beach Daily News via USA TODAY Network)





Dust from the Sahara Desert in northern Africa has recently affected Florida's air and is visible during sunset over the Manatee River in this photo, taken from above the Bradenton Riverwalk on July 11, 2024. (Photo by Wade Tatangelo/Sarasota Herald-Tribune/USA TODAY Network)





A flash from the lightning illuminates the sky over the city before a night storm in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





This photograph taken at sunrise on February 15, 2024, shows a view of the Massif du Mont-Blanc mountain range in the French Alps in France. (Photo by Olivier Chassignole/AFP Photo)





A view of mesocyclone and green glow from very large hail as a tornadic high precipitation supercell arrives in Hennessey, Oklahoma, United States on May 07, 2024. (Photo by Matt Phelps, Tempest Tours/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A dark storm cloud approaches Stonehenge in Wiltshire on Monday afternoon, April 15, 2024, during a day of mixed weather, viewed from the air with a drone. (Photo by Nick Bull/Picture Exclusive)





This aerial photograph taken on April 18, 2024 near Daillens shows a rapeseed field under heavy sky and rain as Switzerland braces for a cold spell and snow after record-breaking warm temperatures on first half of April. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Photo)





A formation of mammatus clouds fills the sky over north-east Kansas on April 30, 2024, after severe storms and a few tornadoes crossed the state. (Photo by Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle/AP Photo)





Lenticular clouds are pictured on January 14, 2024 in La Possession as authorities on France's Indian Ocean Reunion Island urged residents to stock up on food and water ahead of a tropical storm that risks strengthening to a cyclone before it hits later tonight. The storm, dubbed Belal, could hammer the island with winds of up to 150 km/h (90 mph) if it only passes nearby, according to the Meteo France weather service. (Photo by Richard Bouhet/AFP Photo)





A severe thunderstorm hits Omaha, Neb., on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Photo by Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP Photo)





Lightning illuminates storm clouds beyond the Power and Light building in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Friday, August 16, 2024. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)





This picture taken from the window of a passenger jet shows an aerial view of the Nakano area of Tokyo on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)





A shelf cloud moves into downtown Milwaukee, Sunday, June 16, 2024. (Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/AP Photo)