Lightning streaked the sky over Costa Mujeres, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, ahead of Hurricane Milton on the evening of Monday, October 7.This timelapse footage filmed by Norman Van Ness shows lightning illuminating the sky over Costa Mujeres.Hurricane Milton intensified over the Gulf of Mexico and became a Category 5 hurricane on Monday, October 7, the US National Hurricane Center said.The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University said that there was “an extraordinary amount of lightning” within Hurricane Milton.The government of Quintana Roo issued an orange alert for various areas, including Isla Mujeres, on Monday.Officials also said that the “cloud bands of the system” would “continue to affect northern Campeche, Yucatan, and northern Quintana Roo” on Tuesday. Credit: Norman Van Ness via Storyful