The luxury sailboat was anchored just a few hundred metres off the coast of Porticello on calm seas when it was suddenly struck by a violent waterspout that took it down.
A particularly powerful bolt of lightning, which darted upwards from a thunderstorm in Oklahoma, delivered the largest charge transfer to space on record.
A hauntingly rare phenomenon took over the skies with residents in and around Sioux Falls speculating whether they were being transformed into The Upside Down from ‘Stranger Things’.
China has been dealing with one of its more devastating rainy seasons, with two vicious tornadoes tearing through the south in a matter of days.