A thunder and lightning storm passed over Portsmouth in Hampshire, UK in the early hours of Thursday morning, May 2, 2024, between 1.30am and 3.30am. The lighting illuminated Portsmouth Harbour and the Spinnaker Tower. (Photo by Paul Jacobs/Picture Exclusive)





Picture dated May 2nd, 2024 shows lightning by Medmerry Mill, Selsey, in West Sussex, UK in the early hours of Thursday as thunder storms swept the south of the country. (Photo by Bav Media)





A lightning strikes near Hantay at Bulgan province in Mongolia on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





Lightning bolts strikes fall across the New Bedford fishing fleet as a storm rolls over the SouthCoast in Mass. on May 23, 2024. (Photo by Peter Pereira/The Standard-Times via USA TODAY Network)





Lightning strikes over the countryside during a thunderstorm following high temperatures on July 10, 2024 near Potsdam, eastern Germany. (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger/AFP Photo)





Lightning strikes the water to the the right of One World Trade Center with midtown and lower Manhattan in the background in New York City on July 17, 2024. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)





Lightning lights up the night sky, photographed from the Schuhchristleger, a panoramic mountain near Haibach in the district of Straubing, Germany on May 27, 2024. Heavy thunderstorms and torrential rain triggered several fire department and police operations in the east and south of Bavaria on Tuesday night. (Photo by St. Wintermeier/zema-medien/dpa/Alamy Live News)





Lightning strikes the Empire State Building in New York City during a thunderstorm on May 29, 2024, as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)





A lightning bolt strikes One World Trade Center during a thunderstorm in New York City on June 22, 2024, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)





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)





Dramatic weather ahead the bank holiday weekend last night on the Isle of Wight Lightning over Bembridge Lifeboat Station on the Isle of Wight last night, May 2, 2024. (Photo by Jamie Russell/IslandVisions/Bournemouth News)





Lightning strikes over Kuwait City during a thunder storm early on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP Photo)





A lightning strikes is seen close to the Eiffel tower prior the men's 20km race walk of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Trocadero in Paris on August 1, 2024. (Photo by Loic Venance/AFP Photo)





A flash from the lightning illuminates the sky over the city during an air raid alert, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





A lightning bolt strikes One World Trade Center as a thunderstorm passes over lower Manhattan in New York City on June 26, 2024, as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)