Thunderstorms

Several thunderstorms passed over parts of North and South Dakota as well as Missouri and Minnesota, bringing heavy rainfall and high wind speeds.

Flash flooding warnings were in place ahead of the weekend, with residents bracing for more rainfall.

Roughly 120 million people living on or near the East Coast were expected to be impacted by severe storms on Monday.

Travelers have been advised to check the status of their flights before making their way to the airport.

National Weather Service Indianapolis confirmed to Newsweek in an email that two tornadoes touched down.

Nearly 250,000 customers are still without power as of Sunday evening, according to Oklahoma Gas and Electric and Public Service Company of Oklahoma.

Caroline Blake suddenly saw sparks fly from a spoon she was holding as an explosion occurred around her.

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Emergency responders arrived at the scene shortly afterward and tried to resuscitate the 26-year-old but were not able to save him.

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Hailstones can grow to massive sizes inside thunderclouds being held aloft by strong winds before falling to Earth at high speeds.

Multiple counties across the state were affected by the tornadoes, with damage being caused in the towns of Noble and Goldsby.

Tornadoes generated by powerful storms touched down in Akron, in the northeast of the state on Wednesday.

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More than 400,000 Californians were alerted to a tornado warning early Tuesday morning.

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport activated a "shelter in place" order because of a tornado warning.

The woman and her sister were out for a walk in a field when an unexpected storm rolled into the area.

More than 36,000 lightning strikes were reported across the U.K. within a 12-hour period on Sunday, The Guardian reported.

According to the the European Southern Observatory, red sprites are a rare form of lightning very high in the Earth's atmosphere.

Four individuals were huddled underneath the tree as they took shelter from heavy rain during a storm. It was struck by lightning, resulting in some casualties.

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Los Angeles was gripped by an intense thunderstorm that caused heavy rain and lightning strikes in the early hours of Wednesday.

Following the woman's death, local authorities urged residents to remain indoors while storms passed through southern California.

"I feel like a shock in my pinky, and then it goes up my body and out through my leg," Giana Scaramuzzo said.

A heavy band of storms that can produce tornadoes is forecast from Iowa to the Gulf Coast. The storms are forecast to continue through Tuesday.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center said severe storms are expected in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas.

Megaflashes of lightning in North and South America broke world records for the longest single flash and greatest duration lighting flash.

Over 100,000 power outages have been reported in parts of the state, with Ventura and Los Angeles particularly hard-hit.

More than 850,000 outages were reported statewide as of Thursday morning.

Several storms have hit Michigan over the past week, causing power lines to be downed and roads to be closed amid flooding.