Tons of videos capturing the Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol Building and Empire State Building were posted to social media ...

and lightning cracked overhead. The first strike hit the Capitol just before or possibly in sync with a bolt that lit up the Washington Monument. It was a weather spectacle, but to some ...

2024 did not go out with a whimper, as storms moved into the region on New Year’s Eve, producing heavy rain, wind gusts and prompting a tornado warning and lightning strikes at two iconic D.C ...

Donald Trump supporters on social media speculated over whether a divine message was being sent after lightning strikes reportedly hit the U.S. Capitol Building and Washington Monument in ...

In its swift onset and rapid retreat, the squall showed some of the qualities of a summertime thunderstorm. There was at least one unconfirmed report of a lightning strike at the Washington Monument.

On December 31, 2024, lightning struck the US Capitol and Washington Monument in Washington D.C., and the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center in New York, at 5:36 pm EST. Subsequently ...

The lightning strikes were viewed by some as portents ... landmarks in the US which included the Capitol Building and Washington Monument in Washington DC and the One World Trade Center and ...

Lightning strikes were unleashed during a severe thunderstorm in Washington before four people were struck near the White House on Aug. 4. (Video by Dave Statter; photo by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades ...