lightning storm

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The Butler fire was first reported amid a lightning storm July 3, and has burned more than 22,000 acres in the Six Rivers and Klamath national forests.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025

The January 2022 eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga produced the most extreme lightning storm ever recorded.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2023

We needed clear skies to make the star field photographs, and I needed to avoid camping above the tree line in a lightning storm.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

A pump that supplies fuel to a backup generator from a storage tank failed to shut off during a lightning storm on Jan. 29, Mastalir said at a news conference Monday, The Maui News reported.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2023

“The most excellent place one could be in a lightning storm is stranded in the middle of a wide, featureless plain, chest-deep in water.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson