
Clouds drift above the Andes Mountains in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.(Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)
The sun sets behind the ruins of northern Gaza, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, as seen from Sderot, Israel, on February 2, 2024.(Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)
A plume of Saharan dust approaches the Florida coast at sunrise over Midtown Beach in Palm Beach on June 27, 2024.(Photo by Meghan McCarthy/Palm Beach Daily News via USA TODAY Network)
Dust from the Sahara Desert, which recently affected Florida’s air quality, creates a hazy sunset over the Manatee River, viewed from above the Bradenton Riverwalk on July 11, 2024.(Photo by Wade Tatangelo/Sarasota Herald-Tribune/USA TODAY Network)
Lightning illuminates the sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, ahead of a night storm on June 4, 2024.(Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
The Massif du Mont-Blanc mountain range in the French Alps is seen at sunrise on February 15, 2024.(Photo by Olivier Chassignole/AFP Photo)
A mesocyclone and the green glow indicative of very large hail accompany a tornadic supercell approaching Hennessey, Oklahoma, on May 7, 2024.(Photo by Matt Phelps, Tempest Tours/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A dark storm cloud approaches Stonehenge in Wiltshire during a day of mixed weather on the afternoon of Monday, April 15, 2024.(Photo by Nick Bull/Picture Exclusive)
A rapeseed field lies under a heavy, rain-laden sky near Daillens, Switzerland, on April 18, 2024, as the country prepared for a cold snap following a period of record warmth.(Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Photo)
A formation of mammatus clouds fills the sky over northeast Kansas on April 30, 2024, following a series of severe storms and tornadoes.(Photo by Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle/AP Photo)
Lenticular clouds form over La Possession, Réunion Island, on January 14, 2024, as authorities urged preparations for the approaching Tropical Storm Belal.(Photo by Richard Bouhet/AFP Photo)
A severe thunderstorm moves through Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.(Photo by Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP Photo)
Lightning flashes within storm clouds behind the Power and Light building in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, August 16, 2024.(Photo by Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
An aerial view of the Nakano area of Tokyo, photographed from a passenger jet on May 21, 2024.(Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP Photo)
A shelf cloud advances toward downtown Milwaukee on Sunday, June 16, 2024.(Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/AP Photo)




















