In Pictures: California hit by lightning, rare thunderstorms

The severe storm brought lightning that sparked new brush fires in Northern California

Last updated: August 17, 2020 | 09:51

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Lightning illuminates the sky over the eastern span of the Bay Bridge as a storm passed through the area in San Francisco, California.

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Step leaders branch out from cloud to ground lightning strikes as an early morning storm rips across the Santa Rosa plain near Healdsburg, California.

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A rare summer thunderstorm brought lightning that sparked several small blazes in Northern California on Sunday.

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The severe storm system rolled through the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas early Sunday, packing a combination of dry lightning and high winds that triggered wildfires throughout the region.

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A lightning strike hits the surrounding hills near Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, California.

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Smoke from a vegetation fire caused by a lightning strike rises into the sky as seen from Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, California.

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Lightning illuminates the sky over the eastern span of the Bay Bridge.

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Lightning forks over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as a storm passes over Oakland, California.

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Lightning illuminates the sky over the eastern span of the Bay Bridge as a storm passed through the area on Sunday morning in San Francisco, California.

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Step leaders branch out from cloud to ground lightning strikes as an early morning storm rips across the Santa Rosa plain near Healdsburg, California.

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Lightning illuminates the sky over the eastern span of the Bay Bridge as a storm passed through the area on Sunday morning in San Francisco, California.

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