Lightning, tornadoes and wild storms: Incredible weather photos

Water rushes over the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in Paterson, NJ on Friday Dec. 22, 2023. Mist from the falls created hazardous ice conditions and an opportunity for people to take photos.

The landmark Kuwait Towers and other skyscrapers pierce through the cloud cover over Kuwait City on December 10, 2023.

Lightning illuminates the skies over Tempe as seen from an apartment complex on Broadway Road on Aug. 31, 2023.

Beachgoers check out the surf as Hurricane Idalia approaches Florida at Times Square on Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023.

Heat lightning in the clouds rolling in over the Banana River and the Thousand Islands in Cocoa Beach, Fla. after dusk are captured in this 30 second exposure on Aug. 14, 2023.

The first dust storm of the monsoon season rolls over Camelback Mountain in Paradise Valley on July 17, 2023. Monday was the 18th day in a row of temperatures 110 degrees or more which tied the record from 1974.

Threatening weather is seen before the game between the Colorado Rapids and the Portland Timbers at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on July 4, 2023 in Commerce City, Colo.

September 30, 2022: Lightning strikes over the French Riviera city of Nice, Southerneast France,.

Football fans evacuate Kinnick Stadium as a bolt of lightning flashes overhead during a weather delay in the third quarter of Iowa's non-conference NCAA football game against Nevada on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Iowa City, Iowa.

A lightning bolt strikes during a thunderstorm in Montevideo, Uruguay early on August 27, 2022.

A plane lands at Nice airport during lightning strikes on the night of August 18 to 19 August 2022, during a thunderstorm.

A photograph taken from the French riviera city of Nice shows lightning flashes in a supercell thunderstorm over the Mediterranean sea from August 18 to 19 August 2022.

Lightning strikes as rain falls.

Lightning strikes behind Camelback Mountain as rain falls during a monsoon storm on July 16, 2022.

Bolts of lightning light up the evening sky over Matanzas Pass on Fort Myers Beach on Monday, August 1, 2022. Light shows like this are common for this time of year in Southwest Florida.

Lightning forks through the sky over downtown Tuscaloosa, Ala. on July 21, 2022.

Lightning from a monsoon thunderstorm illuminates the sky behind the Phoenix Sky Harbor control tower on June 29, 2022.

Bands of rain fall over the McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale during a monsoon storm on June 26, 2022.

Colder temperatures created ice pancakes on Lake Ontario in Rochester, N.Y. on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. The Charlotte Pier was also ice covered, retaining the form of the waves that crashed over the pier.

An aerial view shows a snow covered landscape on a sunny winter day of Jan. 6, 2022, near Winterberg, western Germany.

Monday evening thunder storms moving in from the west brought an incredible lightning show to the Space Coast. A single 20 second exposure captured numerous bolts over the Thousand Islands in Cocoa Beach, Fla.

A bolt of lightning crosses the sky as people look at buildings displaying a light show on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on June 30, 2021.

Lightning breaks through the clouds over agricultural fields in South Oxnard, Calif. late Monday, October 4, 2021 as an hours-long storm swept through Ventura County.

Lightning strikes over the French Riviera city of Nice on September 26, 2021.

Lightning strikes behind cactus at the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert as a storm hits the Valley on July 10, 2021.

Lightning sparks in the sky atop of the of the empty Beira Rio stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil, before the start of the closed-door Copa Libertadores football match between Brazil's Internacional and Argentina's Boca Juniors on December 2, 2020.

The skies over the west side were ablaze in color looking down Ontario Avenue, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, following rains in Sheboygan, Wis.

A view of ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex during a lightning storm following a game between the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks at The Field House on Aug. 10, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Maximilian Krauss of SpVgg Unterhaching controls the ball while a massive shelf cloud rolls in during the 3. Liga match between SpVgg Unterhaching and FC Carl Zeiss Jena at Alpenbauer Sportpark on July 01, 2020 in Unterhaching, Germany.

Overall view of a shelf cloud with a lightning bolt from a tornado warned supercell thunderstorm on May 19, 2020 in Ulysses, Ks.

Lightning crackles across the sky above a windmill along the railroad tracks in Merkel, Texas Thursday May 21, 2020. More storms are predicted for Memorial Day weekend, and later into the week beyond.

Lightning strikes behind the chapel of Panagia Gorgona in the village of Skala Sykamias, north of Lesbos, on Feb. 27, 2020.

People stand on an overlook above the fog line on the Uetliberg in Zurich, Switzerland on Jan. 2, 2020.

A man walks at Letna plain on a foggy and frosty day in Prague, Czech Republic on Jan. 2, 2020.

Kashmiri boys walk near a frozen waterfall in the Drang area of Tangmarg, north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, on Jan. 2, 2020. Kashmir valley is in a grip of intense cold wave conditions resulting in frozen water bodies and water supply lines.

People take an early morning holy dip in the sacred pond of the Golden Temple in rigid cold and foggy weather in Amritsar, India on Jan. 1, 2020. The entire northern Indian region is experiencing extreme cold this winter, with heavy fog enveloping many parts of the country and disrupting in rail and air traffic.

Snow covers trees along the Charles River in Newton, Mass. Dec. 11, 2019. The region had rain and temperatures drop from 60F from the day prior to nearly two inches of snow fall and temperatures around the freezing mark, making travel hazardous during the morning commute.

Lghtening strikes on a building during a thunderstorm in Bangkok on Oct. 27, 2019.

Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Panama City on Sept. 04, 2019.

Five year old Connor Cruz inspects snow laden sunflowers during a September snow storm in Great Falls, Mont. Strong winds and heavy snow caused power outages and temporary road closures in northwestern Montana as a wintry storm threatened to drop several feet of snow in some areas of the northern Rocky Mountains, Sept. 28, 2019.

Lightning strikes over Tempe Town Lake, Tempe, Ariz. during a storm on Aug. 28, 2019.

Storm clouds are illuminated by the setting sun as lightning strikes near Maricopa, Ariz. on Aug. 28, 2019.

Lightning strikes over downtown Phoenix on Aug 4, 2019.

Lightnings flash over the Saint-Michel Basilica during a storm in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 6, 2019. (

Lightning strikes the Oresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark, during a thunder storm, viewed from Malmo, Sweden on June 15, 2019.

epaselect epa07647277 A lightning is seen above the city of Plock, in central Poland, 14 June 2019. A very hot weather is going through Poland with temperatures of more than 30 degrees Celsius. The high temperatures cause heavy and dangerous storms. EPA-EFE/PIOTR AUGUSTYNIAK POLAND OUT

Lightning strikes above the city of Szczecin, north west Poland, on June 12, 2019. Very hot weather is going through the area causing dangerous storms.

Lightning strikes over a residential area in Yangon on May 22, 2019.

A picture taken late on June 10, 2019 shows lightning flashing through the sky over Dresden during a thunderstorm.

Lightning strikes during an electrical storm over Port-au-Prince on April 29, 2019.

Lightning strikes over Bago Mountains in Bago Region in Myanmar on May 19, 2019.

Lightning strikes the liberation tower in Kuwait City during a thunder storm on April 5, 2019.

Snow covers the saguro cacti and palm trees near Carefree, Ariz. Feb. 21, 2019.

Tornado damage in Beauregard, Ala. March 6, 2019.

A dust storm moves towards Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe on Aug. 9, 2016.

Lightning streaks across the desert sky over the McDowell Mountains near Scottsdale, Ariz. during a monsoon storm on July 15, 2017.

Lightning strikes on a field in Laatzen near Hanover, northern Germany, on June 3, 2019. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUTJULIAN STRATENSCHULTE/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 589304946

Jeff Dahl races down the street pulling skier Jason Dahl off a jump at the Leadville skijoring course during the annual Leadville Ski Joring & Crystal Carnival Weekend, March 3, 2019 in Leadville, Colo. Leadville has been hosting skijoring competitions since 1949.

Families and volunteers such for family papers and valuables among the debris in Beauregard, Ala., following a deadly tornado, March 7, 2019.