'Huge' Lightning Strikes Chicago's Willis Tower
A Chicago-based videographer captured the moment lightning hit the Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, on April 5.
Footage filmed by Craig Shimala at around 10pm on Tuesday night shows the huge strike hitting the skyscraper, after severe thunderstorm warnings had been issued for the area.
Shimala told Storyful that the city “had quite the light show” and described the strike as “one of the biggest” he’d seen in a long time.
“Even though my camera had a tight view of the Willis Tower you can still take in how large this giant bolt of lightning was,” Shimala said. “If the frame was wider you would have seen the lightning reach out and strike multiple parts of the city all within a couple seconds.” Credit: Craig Shimala via Storyful
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[THUNDER RUMBLES]
