Nearly 5,000 Lightning Strikes Ignite New California Wildfires

Name: Hurricane Melissa A Category 1 As It Lashes The Bahamas
Uploaded: 2025-10-29T17:15:01.000-04:00
Duration: 1 min 34 s
Channel: The Weather Channel
Description: Melissa has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane as it continues to lash the Bahamas with hurricane force winds, heavy rainfall and powerful storm surge. The storm is starting to move faster to the northeast and will continue to hit the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos tonight. Impacts for Bermuda will begin on Thursday. Here's the latest.

October 29, 2025

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, dry thunderstorms — storms with little to no rain — set off thousands of lightning strikes across California’s Central Valley and Bay Area. Those storms sparked wildfires that had hundreds of people waking up to evacuation orders. Watch this video for the latest.

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Nearly 5,000 Lightning Strikes Ignite New California Wildfires

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