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| Lightning storms hit UK: Kept awake by the storms? This map shows the astounding number of strikes | Lightning storms hit UK: Kept awake by the storms? This map shows the astounding number of strikes |
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| If you were kept awake last night by lightning storms, you weren't alone. | If you were kept awake last night by lightning storms, you weren't alone. |
| Spectacular thunder and lightning shows were witnessed across the UK - by some estimates there were as many as 30,000 lightning strikes. | Spectacular thunder and lightning shows were witnessed across the UK - by some estimates there were as many as 30,000 lightning strikes. |
| The image above from LightningMaps.org shows just some of them from midnight on Friday. | The image above from LightningMaps.org shows just some of them from midnight on Friday. |
| Alongside the lightning, heavy rain led to high rainfall totals over the last 12 hours. | Alongside the lightning, heavy rain led to high rainfall totals over the last 12 hours. |
| Swanage saw 27mm of rain in one hour between 10pm and 11pm, according to the Met Office - just over half a month's rain in one hour. | Swanage saw 27mm of rain in one hour between 10pm and 11pm, according to the Met Office - just over half a month's rain in one hour. |
| Storms earlier in the week saw golf-ball-sized hailstones cause damage to cars and greenhouses, all amid the hottest July temperatures on record. | Storms earlier in the week saw golf-ball-sized hailstones cause damage to cars and greenhouses, all amid the hottest July temperatures on record. |
| Temperatures on Wednesday reached nearly 37C. | Temperatures on Wednesday reached nearly 37C. |
| High temperatures looked set to continue on Saturday, with the Met Office predicting "very warm" conditions in the south and east and possibly more thundery weather again tonight. | High temperatures looked set to continue on Saturday, with the Met Office predicting "very warm" conditions in the south and east and possibly more thundery weather again tonight. |