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Kilat menyambar Pusat Dagangan DUNIA di Manhattan sebagai matahari terbenam di belakang bandar selepas ribut musim panas di New York 2 Julai 2014 (Lightning strikes One World Trade Center in Manhattan as the sun sets behind the city after a summer storm in New York July 2, 2014 (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Srikandi גבורה - Ribut petir kuat bergolek melalui New York pada hari Rabu, menyediakan penduduk dalam menakutkan, tetapi yang menakjubkan menunjukkan cahaya sebagai taufan Arthur dijangka mencecah ke bawah.

Ribut petir melanda ‘Big Apple’ pada pukul 8:00 pm ET, membawa awan hitam dan hujan lebat dengannya

A powerful thunderstorm rolled through New York on Wednesday, providing the residents with scary, but spectacular light show as hurricane Arthur is expected to touch down.

The thunderstorm hit the Big Apple at 8:00 pm ET, bringing black clouds and heavy rain with it

Kilat menyambar di atas langit Manhattan semasa matahari terbenam selepas ribut musim panas di New York Julai 2, 2014 (Lightning strikes above the Manhattan skyline during sunset after a summer storm in New York July 2, 2014 (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Bolt kilat besar dipotong selain langit di atas Manhattan, dengan satu menarik bahagian atas ‘World Trade Center’

Massive lightning bolts cut apart the skies above Manhattan, with one striking the top of One World Trade Center

Cuaca liar cepat menarik jurugambar amatur dan profesional, yang mencatatkan banyak gambar2 ribut petir di web

The wild weather quickly attracted amateur and professional photographers, who posted numerous photos of the thunderstorm

on the web

Gary Hershorn @GaryHershorn

One World Trade Center gets hit by lightning during a storm tonight. #newyork #newyorkcity @nyc @newyork #lightning

9:37 AM - 3 Jul 2014

Selepas ia berlalu, orang ramai berpusu-pusu ke jalan-raya untuk mengambil gambar matahari terbenam yang indah, yang berwarna jingga dan ungu

After it passed, people flocked to the streets to take pictures of the beautiful sunset, which was colored in orange and purple

Jessica Lee @jessicalee27

New York City #thunderstorm #sunset. #nyc

8:53 AM - 3 Jul 2014

Walau bagaimanapun, ia tidak menyeronokkan bagi sesetengah orang, seperti ribut membawa kepada keruntuhan satu bahagian muka bangunan di dalam satu laluan bawah Jambatan Brooklyn

However, it wasn’t fun for some, as the storm led to a collapse of a section of the facade inside an underpass of the Brooklyn Bridge

Insiden itu menyaksikan lima orang yang menerima kecederaan kecil, jurucakap jabatan bomba berkata

The incident saw five people receiving minor injuries,

a fire department spokesman said

Pekerja2 membersihkan selepas apa yang media tempatan sebagai topeng batu runtuh di bawah Jambatan Brooklyn selepas ribut musim panas luar biasa kuat di New York 2 Julai 2014 (Workers clean up after what local media describe as a stone facade collapsed underneath the Brooklyn Bridge after an unusually strong summer storm in New York July 2, 2014 (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Hujan lebat meninggalkan bahagian New York dan kawasan ber-hampiran ditenggelami air. Amaran banjir kilat akan berkuatkuasa di bandar sehingga tengah hari pada hari Jumaat

The heavy rain left parts of New York and nearby areas flooded. The flash flood warning will be in effect in the city until noon on Friday

Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu dan Tudor City dalam latar depan, kilat di langit di atas Sungai Timur sebagai ribut utama pendekatan New York City 2 Julai, 2014 (With the United Nations and Tudor City in the foreground, lightning strikes in the sky over the East River as a major storm approaches New York City July 2, 2014 (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary)

Arthur, yang dinamakan ribut pertama musim taufan Atlantik, dijangka membawa lebih banyak ribut petir, hujan lebat dan angin lebih 130 kilometer sejam untuk banyak Timur Laut Amerika pada hari Jumaat

Arthur, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to bring more thunderstorms, heavy rain and winds of over 130 kilometers per hour to much of the America’s Northeast on Friday

Awan gelap membentuk lebih rendah Manhattan sebagai ribut utama datang dalam seluruh bandar 2 Julai 2014 ini (Dark clouds form over lower Manhattan as a major storm comes in over the city July 2, 2014 (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary)

Kaji cuaca mengatakan cuaca mungkin untuk meningkatkan sehingga lewat kelmarin, dan tidak akan menjejaskan tradisional bunga api Hari Kemerdekaan pada 4 Julai

Meteorologists say the weather is likely to improve until late Friday, and won’t hamper the traditional Independence Day fireworks on July 4