The combination of the storms and the setting sun may have caused the humidity in the air to arise and the water particles in the humidity probably refracted the light from the sunset and cast a yellowish hue on everything. Just imagine the humidity like a light fog that breaks the sun's light up so the color you end up seeing is yellow.
Mystery solved!
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