The California sky gets illuminated with Spectacular and unusual lightning
A spectacular display of lightning decorated the Southern California night sky on Tuesday. At one point, 1,489 pulses of lightning in just five minutes off the California coast has been recorded by the National Weather Service (NWS).
A heavy group of thunderstorms created the beautiful visual effect. Earth Networks detected More than 20,000 pulses of lightning from 6 p.m. to midnight according to WTOP meteorologist Steve Prinzivalli.
Three terminals at Los Angeles International Airport also experienced the lightning and it struck a plane. Reports said that no harm were happened to the passengers and the Delta flight to Seattle returned to the airport, where passengers later boarded a different plane.
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