9 stunning photos and videos of last night’s lightning storm in NYC
New York City saw some pretty gnarly lightning on Wednesday evening.
When a storm rolled through, photographers caught some incredible lightning strikes around the city, with the most stunning bolts hitting the Empire State Building, One World Trade and the J.P. Morgan building. Take a look below to see some of the most stunning shots from the light show.
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Severe warned thunderstorm over NJ with lots of lightning as seen from Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/39bjhZqz82
— Nicholas Isabella (@NycStormChaser) August 29, 2024
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What a lightning show right now ! pic.twitter.com/5UALKHrAmk
— Nicholas Isabella (@NycStormChaser) August 29, 2024
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I was watching radar as the thunderstorms raced across New Jersey this evening, growing taller and taller. Even though they went south of the city I knew it would be putt on a great lightning show. Here is an image I captured along the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn looking across… pic.twitter.com/cLVjFO901X
— Nicholas Isabella (@NycStormChaser) August 29, 2024
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Electric skies over Lower Manhattan as a lightning storm illuminates the city’s skyline #NYC pic.twitter.com/IhpqHdmfH7
— Max Guliani (@maximusupinNYc) August 29, 2024
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Strong storm with #lightning fueled by extreme heat across the #NYC area tonight.#clouds #Manhattan #NewYork #stormwatch #storm #Thunderstorm #manhattan #weatherchannel #weather #severweather #timelapse #wind #severestorm #newjersey pic.twitter.com/mIRcoHz36n
— WTZ (@wtz) August 29, 2024