Lightning strikes the UK during the night

Name: Lightning strikes the UK during the night
Uploaded: 2019-07-24T10:52:53.000Z
Duration: 36 s
Description: Thunderstorms swept across much of the UK on Tuesday night, ahead of possible record-breaking heat this week.

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Thunderstorms swept across much of the UK on Tuesday night, ahead of possible record-breaking heat this week.

Houses in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and Wrexham caught fire after being hit by lightning.

BBC Weather said there were about 48,000 lightning strikes overnight.

24 July 2019