The Taurids are actually two separate showers, with a Southern and a Northern component. The Southern Taurids originated from Comet Encke and are active from September 10th to November 20th. They are known for being rich with fireballs. By the way, a fireball is just another word for a meteor brighter than the planet Venus. Despite the fact that we are past peak, Ron Malinowski saw this a couple hours ago looking north from Lexington, KY...
Saw part of the Turid Meteor Shower here looking north from Northern Lexington, KY on the drive home tonight looking North Time is ET (local time) #kywx pic.twitter.com/7pxHCiUkAD
— Georgetown Weather (@40324Weather) November 9, 2018
Comment: The night prior to this event another unusually luminous fireball also fell over the region, see: Meteor fireball over the south of Spain brighter than the full moon
The first occurred on the 3rd of November and the second on the 4th (see time stamp on the video above).