Lightning storm lights up Hampshire and Dorset skies

A dramatic lightning show lit up the night sky over the south coast of England on Sunday night.

Videos and photos from across Hampshire and Dorset were posted online.

Marco Petagna, a senior operational meteorologist with the Met Office, tweeted that there had been "almost 4,000 lightning strikes in Dorset" in the two hours up to 01:00 BST.

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