FLORIDA — Powerful, electric thunderstorms swept across Florida over the past 24 hours, producing a dramatic burst of lightning activity captured over a marina in Sarasota, with multiple bolts illuminating the night sky above docked yachts along the waterfront. Some of these recent storms were fueled in part by the remnants of Dolly and the extra tropical moisture the former system left behind, contributing to the electrically charged nature of the storms moving across the state.
Sarasota Photograph Captures Multiple Powerful Lightning Strikes
A striking photograph credited to Dylan Jon Wade Cox Photography shows an extensive lightning display over Sarasota, with numerous bolts branching down from the storm clouds above a waterfront marina. The image captures several distinct strikes occurring together, illuminating docked luxury yachts and casting reflections across the calm water below…