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| In pictures: 'Spectacular' lightning strikes parts of UK | In pictures: 'Spectacular' lightning strikes parts of UK |
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| Thunderstorms and torrential rain are sweeping across parts of southern Britain, with frequent lightning flashing across the sky. | 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 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. | 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". | 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". |
| Others remarked that they had "never seen a storm quite like this" and said the flashes were "stunning". | Others remarked that they had "never seen a storm quite like this" and said the flashes were "stunning". |
| Another woman remarked it was "like a rave outside". | Another woman remarked it was "like a rave outside". |
| BBC Weather presenter Tomasz Schafernaker called it the "mother of all thunderstorms" as he watched it over London. | BBC Weather presenter Tomasz Schafernaker called it the "mother of all thunderstorms" as he watched it over London. |
| "Oh boy! This utterly insane," he said. | "Oh boy! This utterly insane," he said. |
| "I've never seen a storm with such frequent lightning in my life I don't think. Mostly sheet lightning and not too loud but flashes are spectacular." | "I've never seen a storm with such frequent lightning in my life I don't think. Mostly sheet lightning and not too loud but flashes are spectacular." |
| Forecaster Gemma Plumb, from BBC Weather, said as the storms push northwards across England throughout Sunday, more are coming up over the English Channel from the continent. | Forecaster Gemma Plumb, from BBC Weather, said as the storms push northwards across England throughout Sunday, more are coming up over the English Channel from the continent. |