{"id":238848,"date":"2026-05-21T01:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238848\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T01:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:33:10","slug":"lightning-strikes-over-nyc-as-thunderstorm-bears-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238848\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Strikes Over NYC as Thunderstorm Bears Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Multiple lightning strikes were recorded over New York City as a powerful thunderstorm rolled in on Wednesday evening, May 20, signaling an end to several days of scorching heat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dramatic footage captured by Debora Domass in north Brooklyn shows the massive storm bearing down over the city, bringing heavy rain, gusty winds, and numerous lightning strikes, including one right over One World Trade Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NYC Emergency Management <a data-ylk=\"slk:warned;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nycemergencymgt\/status\/2057242915856961565\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">warned<\/a> New Yorkers to stay alert to the threat of flash flooding and damaging winds.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf you live in a basement, low-lying area, or a place that has flooded before, move early. Do not wait to see water. If flooding begins, move to a higher floor right away,\u201d the agency <a data-ylk=\"slk:said.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nycemergencymgt\/status\/2057242915856961565\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani <a data-ylk=\"slk:urged;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2057244989340439018\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">urged<\/a> New Yorkers to \u201ctake every precaution and follow guidance from\u201d NYC Emergency Management. Credit: Debora Domass via Storyful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multiple lightning strikes were recorded over New York City as a powerful thunderstorm rolled in on Wednesday evening,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93330,93333,52125,93331,9,24,56,63,47281,65,64,10360,93332],"class_list":["post-238848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-debora-domass","tag-dramatic-footage","tag-gusty-winds","tag-lightning-strikes","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-emergency-management","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-one-world-trade-center","tag-scorching-heat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}