![Tonga Volcano Sparked the Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever Recorded | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine Tonga Volcano Sparked the Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever Recorded | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/Iw_PWwjs4mZWHsD9r0IXRE90Fq4=/1000x750/filters:no_upscale():focal(4356x2883:4357x2884)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/85/a8/85a842df-d954-42c8-80ae-ff870bd0a29d/gettyimages-1237820698.jpg)
Tonga Volcano Sparked the Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever Recorded | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
![News at a glance: Biggest lightning storm, regulating AI, and restoring Europe's ecosystems | Science | AAAS News at a glance: Biggest lightning storm, regulating AI, and restoring Europe's ecosystems | Science | AAAS](https://www.science.org/do/10.1126/science.adj3535/full/_20230623nib_tonga-1687456823390.jpg)
News at a glance: Biggest lightning storm, regulating AI, and restoring Europe's ecosystems | Science | AAAS
LIGHTNING From the Hunga, Tonga Volcano last night! | In case you missed it on my last post, here's an incredible animation of hundreds of thousands of lightning strikes, wave by wave,
![Approximately 590,000 lightning strikes have been confirmed in a huge eruption that blows away the island of Tonga - GIGAZINE Approximately 590,000 lightning strikes have been confirmed in a huge eruption that blows away the island of Tonga - GIGAZINE](https://i.gzn.jp/img/2022/03/13/tonga-volcano-lightning/00_m.jpg)