Sydney put on a wild show last night when a sudden, intense thunderstorm unleashed thousands of lightning strikes. The wild weather that tore through the city was brutal, bringing down trees and sending one man to the hospital. | 7NEWS Sydney

Why Does Lightning Strike with Such Deadly Power? 🌩️⚡ Lightning is one of nature’s most unstoppable forces — a massive electric discharge caused by opposite charges between storm clouds and the ground. ⚡ When the charge builds beyond the air’s limit, electricity explodes through the sky at over 30,000°C — five times hotter than the Sun’s surface! ☀️ When lightning hits a tree, the sap vaporizes instantly, making the trunk explode from the inside. Airplanes get struck regularly but stay safe tha

Wild video shows lightning flashing in the eye of the hurricane. Melissa is a MASSIVE category 5 storm. The latest ⬇️ https://fox8.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/hurricane-melissa-strengthens-to-category-5-as-it-nears-jamaica/ | Fox 8 News

Lightning flashes within the powerful eye wall of Hurricane Melissa. Incredible imagery this morning of Melissa, a Category 5 storm, south of Jamaica. STORY >>> https://www.kctv5.com/2025/10/27/category-4-hurricane-melissa-threatens-catastrophic-flooding-jamaica-haiti/ 📹: CIRA Satellites /TMX | KCTV5 News Kansas City