Mercedes Russell #21 of the Seattle Storm defends Aliyah Boston #7 of the Indiana Fever during the first quarter at Climate Pledge Arena on June 22, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

People brave the first rain and wind of Storm Agnes as it approaches the UK on September 27, 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Lightning strikes during a storm over the Ionian Sea in Calabria, Italy on June 27, 2016. (Photo by Alfonso Di Vincenzo/Pacific Press/Rex Features)

Storm clouds build over a canola field near Cremona, Alberta, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Photo by Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)

A person holds an umbrella against strong wind and rain as he walks on a street Friday, June 2, 2023, in Kawasaki near Tokyo, as a tropical storm was approaching. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

The dramatic moment lightning strikes the sea at Portland in Dorset in southwest England on October 24, 2022. Thundery weather and a dramatic Lightning storm pictured last night at Portland Bill. (Photo by CharlotteChapman/Bournemouth News)

Waxwings in Balham south London on December 31, 2023. There has been a huge influx of this erruptive species this year. This probably due to severe storms and a shortage of food in their native Scandinavia in the Autumn. (Photo by Jack Hill/The Times)

Coast and marine winner: Storm Gull (Lesser black-backed gull), New Haven, East Sussex. (Photo by Craig Denford/British Wildlife Photography Awards)