As if by lightning: Stunning scenes as two bolts hit two separate Miami buildings at the same time



These stunning images show the moment lightning struck two separate Miami buildings at the same time.

The colourful sky display occurred in the early hours of this morning in South Beach during an extraordinary electrical storm over the popular holiday destination

A photographer managed to capture the scene as lightning streamed across the sky and two bolts hit the structures in unison.



Electrifying: Stunning scenes as lightning strikes two buildings over South Beach, Miami in the early hours of the morning

Light up the sky: The colourful display during the storm in Miami

However this type of sky activity is a familiar sight in Florida during the summer months, the nearby city of Tampa, has been nicknamed the 'lightning capital of the world'.

The picture comes just a week after lightning struck two landmarks in Chicago at the same time.



Electricity rushed down the lightning rods atop the The Willis Tower and the Trump Tower at the same instant.