Did you know a lightning bolt can strike up to 10 MILES away from the storm that created it?! ⚡🤯 How far was the closest strike you’ve ever witnessed? 😳⚡ Did it come out of nowhere or crack right overhead? Share your story and how it felt in the moment. #Lightning #ExtremeWeather #StormChasing #WeatherNerds #NatureUnleashed | Ricky Forbes

Blinding Lightning Strike Stuns Rural Community Boone County, MO — December 4, 2025 A rural Missouri neighborhood was jolted awake late Wednesday night when an enormous lightning strike—described by witnesses as “the brightest flash they’d ever seen”—hit just yards from a farmhouse driveway, all of it captured in a dramatic security-camera recording. The footage shows a calm, rain-soaked field moments before the night sky explodes into pure white. For nearly two full seconds, the landscape disap