29,000 lightning strikes recorded across southern England overnight
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Simon King, Henry Moore
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Southern England experienced approximately 29,000 lightning strikes overnight Monday into Tuesday, including both cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground fork lightning. While the number of strikes is not unusual for storms following hot, humid weather, the frequency and intensity were described as spectacular. The thunderstorms caused flash flooding and travel disruption, with more extreme heat expected on Tuesday.
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· 3 pulledThe Met Office confirmed that there were 29,000 flashes of lightning on Monday night and early on Tuesday morning in southern England.
The number of lighting strikes is not particularly uncommon for storms developing after a hot and humid day, but the frequency and intensity of the lighting was spectacular.
While thunderstorms were forecast to track east across southern England last night, there is always going to be some uncertainty about the exact location of where - and how intense
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