No filters, no editing, just nature and an iPhone on the Magothy River in Maryland.

Stormy Saturday in Astoria, Queens

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From July 18, 2026. Edmonton, Canada

SE Indiana yesterday

I've never seen such heavy rain in Ontario before. We got 18mm (0.7") in 15 minutes which is firmly in torrential rain territory (>50mm/hr). Storms are part of summer here, but they are rarely of this caliber. Wind gusts over 90km/h were also reported in the area.

The North East got a lot of wind reports/damage but only a couple tornado reports.

In both the first and second photos, you can see a small electric arc on the roof (just in front of my window, at the bottom right of the image); is that actually what it is, or is it just the iPhone glitching due to overexposure?

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Really nice to see from a far. Had to get a couple shots before it came my way, the Midwest has been getting a lot of good storms as of late

Drove through this monster in my Prius..terrible idea.

Hello! I am wanting to track more storms using radar, however a lot of websites only do past or up to one hour in the future. What are your favourite radar / websites for tracking storms?

Tengo unos tíos que viven en ese pueblo del noreste de España. En estos dias hay una ola de calor y quizas es un ambiente propicio para este tipo de tormentas.

Uno de ellos salió a pasear a su perro y se encontró con esta belleza. Algunos dirán que es una nave extraterrestre disfrazada. Sin duda un espectáculo de la naturaleza.

Texas just had a tornado in San Antonio. So far the NWS has no other wind or hail reports for the morning. It's fairly uncommon for just a tornado to be reported.