The Met Office has warned of flooding and possible damage to buildings from lightning, which is pictured here striking over the city of London pic: REUTERS[/caption]
Thunderstorms and torrential rain are sweeping across parts of southern Britain, with frequent lightning flashing across the sky.
Around 15,000 lightning strikes were recorded in four hours on Saturday night, BBC Weather said. The thunderstorms swept northwards across the south of England, the Midlands and Wales and are expected to continue throughout Sunday. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for heavy rain and flooding. Many people got out their cameras to photograph and video the electrical storm, which was called “utterly insane” and “like being under a strobe light”.
Bolts of lightning flash across the sky over the River Thames in this photo taken by the RNLI late on Saturday night pic:PA/TOWERRNLI[/caption]
A dramatic and purple sky was photographed over Hayling Island, off the south coast of England near Portsmouth, as thunderstorms moved northwards across the mainland pic:EMS – HAYLING ISLAND/@AUNTYMEMS[/caption]
Bolts light up the sky over the the Suleymaniye Mosque in Dalston, east London pic:ANDREW LANXON HOYLE/@BATTERYHQ[/caption]
‘It took me ages to get this shot’ said Kate, who photographed the sky over Camden in London pick:KATE/@TEARSCRYNOMORE[/caption]
Paul Greenford was in a caravan at a campsite in Henley-on-Thames when the heavy rain and lightning storm struck pic:PAUL GREENFORD TYRES/@ATKO80[/caption]
Harry Neary, who began setting up his camera once he noticed the lightning flashes, photographed bolts near the village of Broadwindsor in Dorset Pic:HARRY NEARY/@GRUMPYROCKER[/caption]
A long strike of lightning dwarfs London’s Shard, which stands at 310m pic:@SAMUELTWILKINSON/PA[/caption]
Lightning strikes above Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday night, where Fulham beat Aston Villa in the Championship play-off final earlier in the day pic:REUTERS[/caption]
The cloudy sky was lit up in purple as lightning struck above Tredegar in south Wales pic:KARL MCCARTHY/@MCCARTHYKARL[/caption]
Hundreds of people in London took out their cameras to snap the lightning storm, including in Plaistow, in the east of the capital pic:J/@DXTJXSH[/caption]
Two people run to escape the rain as lightning turns the sky pink over King’s Cross pic:@PAMELSAURUSREX/PA[/caption]
A streak of lightning cuts across the sky in the distance, over the seafront in Bournemouth pic: STEPH WALKER/@STEPHAWALKER84[/caption]