Residents in the New York state area experienced severe thunderstorms with heavy rain on April 3. Images of the Statue of Liberty being struck by lightning began to circulate on social media, raising questions about their authenticity. A VERIFY reader sent one of these images, asking if it was real. Reverse image searches did not find any evidence of the image being posted prior to the storm on April 3.
On April 3, residents in the New York state area experienced severe thunderstorms with heavy rain . The National Weather Service put out high wind and floodof the Statue of Liberty being struck by lightning began to pop up on social media. With artificial intelligence generated images becoming increasingly popular online, people often question whether images like this are real or have been edited. A VERIFY reader texted us one of those images, asking if it really happened.
Martland shared the Statue of Liberty images on social media on April 3 with the caption, “This afternoons passing storm didn’t disappoint.” Reverse image searches conducted using RevEye and TinEye did not find any evidence of the image being posted prior to April 3, when the storm that the images are from happened.
“Thunderstorms moved through the region between 5 and 6 p.m. EDT on April 3,” Maureen O’Leary, deputy director of public affairs for the National Weather Service confirmed to VERIFY. The photos were taken from “Liberty State Park in New Jersey around 6 p.m.,” Martland told VERIFY. Martland also shared with VERIFY a screenshot from when the photos were taken, and the metadata confirms the images were taken on that date and time. While it's unknown how often the Statue of Liberty is struck by lightning, O’Leary notes that the statue’s “height and copper coating, which conducts electricity, make it a likely point for lightning strikes.
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Statue of Liberty Struck by Lightning During Severe Thunderstorms in New YorkResidents in the New York state area experienced severe thunderstorms with heavy rain on April 3. Images of the Statue of Liberty being struck by lightning began to circulate on social media, raising questions about their authenticity. A VERIFY reader sent one of those images, asking if it was real. The photos were taken from Liberty State Park in New Jersey around 6 p.m.
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