India: Monsoon Rain Causes Flooding in Mumbai, Red Alert Issued 3

Mumbai was hit by heavy rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds on Monday, May 26, disrupting suburban rail services and slowing traffic due to poor visibility. The city recorded its highest rainfall in 107 years on the first day of the monsoon, leading to widespread waterlogging across the city. Red alerts for Mumbai and surrounding areas had been issued.

India: Monsoon Rain Causes Flooding in Mumbai, Red Alert Issued 2

Mumbai was hit by heavy rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds on Monday, May 26, disrupting suburban rail services and slowing traffic due to poor visibility. The city recorded its highest rainfall in 107 years on the first day of the monsoon, leading to widespread waterlogging across the city. Red alerts for Mumbai and surrounding areas had been issued.

India: Flooding Hits Mumbai, Red Alert Issued

Mumbai was hit by heavy rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds on Monday, May 26, disrupting suburban rail services and slowing traffic due to poor visibility. The city recorded its highest rainfall in 107 years on the first day of the monsoon, leading to widespread waterlogging across the city. Red alerts for Mumbai and surrounding areas had been issued on Sunday, May 25.

US: Severe Storms With Lightnings and Hail Hit Western Kentucky

Severe weather, including strong winds, moved through Kentucky and the Louisville area on Sunday night, resulting in damage and power outages in some areas.

China: Massive Lightnings Illuminate Sky In Shanwei, Guangdong

On July 25, 2024, a dramatic weather event unfolded in Shanwei, a city in Guangdong province in southern China. Amid the ominously dark skies, a colossal bolt of lightning struck, lighting up the area as brightly as day. The intense flash illuminated the entire sky, capturing the awe of those who witnessed it. Chinese netizens reacted with a mix of awe and humor, one commenting, "Such a bright light, perhaps a deity is undergoing tribulation." While the thunder was significant, some noted that the rain was not particularly heavy.

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-VIEWS (CN)

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-VIEWS (CN)

(240528) -- HAIKOU, May 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on May 10, 2024 shows the lightnings above the South China Sea. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yuan Shuai)

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-VIEWS (CN)

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-VIEWS (CN)

(240528) -- HAIKOU, May 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 10, 2024 shows the lightnings above the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Yuan Shuai)

China: Passenger Captures Crazy Lightnings From Plane Flying Over Guangzhou

A passenger captured lightning continuously flashing within dark clouds as she flew over Guangzhou, Guangdong Province in the wee hours on April 27, 2024.

US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated December 14, 2018 shows Two F-35B Lightnings II, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, right, an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, and an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to VFA 41, fly in formation in the Arabian Gulf. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot d

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-WEATHER-LIGHTNING

AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-WEATHER-LIGHTNING

(221127) -- SYDNEY, Nov. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lightnings illuminate the sky over Sydney, Australia, Nov. 27, 2022. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

U.S.-CHICAGO-AIR AND WATER SHOW 2022

U.S.-CHICAGO-AIR AND WATER SHOW 2022

(220821) -- CHICAGO, Aug. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. Navy F-35 Lightnings perform at the Chicago Air and Water Show 2022 in Chicago, the United States, on Aug. 20, 2022. The annual Chicago Air and Water Show was held here on Saturday. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua)