Video shows lightning bolt striking New York's One World Trade Center
A clip of a lightning strike at New York City's One World Trade Center has taken the internet by storm.
The electrifying video shows a forked lightning bolt hitting the Lower Manhattan skyscraper, illuminating the city skyline amid a severe thunderstorm.
The footage stunned people online, with one joking, on X, formerly Twitter, "I think someone may have birthed another Frankenstein!"
"Wow... New York powering up again!" another wrote.
Heavy rainfall prompted flash flood warnings in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic on Monday, July 15.
Videos shared on social media showed fast-moving floodwaters rushing through New York's Cross Bronx Expressway subway station, requiring passengers to lift up their feet to stay dry.
New Jersey flash flooding kills two
Flash flooding killed two people in New Jersey on Monday, where a brutal downpour prompted road closures, power outages and water rescues.
Both victims were swept away in the suburb of Plainfield, located about 30 miles outside New York City, according to Gov. Phil Murphy. Officials recovered their remains sometime overnight or early in the morning.
Murphy declared a state of emergency Monday for all 21 counties as the state grappled with six inches of rain in less than two-and-a-half hours.
"Last night we got crushed," Murphy told reporters Tuesday, July 15.
Contributing: Gabe Hauari, Paste BN