In Pictures: Lightning pierces UK skies

This electric blue sky was pictured over Milton Road in Cambridge

The skies above the UK were lit up by about 48,000 lightning strikes on Tuesday night.

The thunderstorms came ahead of further warm weather with temperatures in London expected to reach 38C on Thursday.

Multiple lightning bolts over Warwick

Lightning photographed over the English Channel

Lightning was seen over Scarborough, North Yorkshire

A lightning bolt damaged Megan Zahra's bedroom roof

The storm passed over the Solent in southern England

Tim Fisher caught this thunderstorm in the Lake District

Skies in Preston, Lancashire, are seeing purple

Lightning passes over houses in Lee Park, Liverpool

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