Thousands of insecure Brits bear taken to social media to half footage and video footage of the dramatic whisper and lightning storms that fell over London and aspects of the South East on Saturday night.

Forecasters had earlier warned that properties and firms will be flooded, with damage to some of constructions coming as a outcomes of the strikes besides to hail and stable winds.

And after a fade of appropriate climate and temperatures of 27C, the storms lastly hit on Saturday night as dramatic flashes of light were captured by insecure climate watchers.

One exceptional image captured a tall lightning plod illuminating the sky above The Shard in London.

BBC weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker tweeted: « Mother of all #thunderstorms now over London. Oh boy! This UTTERLY INSANE.



The sky is lit u above The Shard



BBC weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker tweeted: « Mother of all #thunderstorms now over London… »

« I’ve by no manner considered a storm with such frequent lightning in my lifestyles I arrangement no longer mediate. Principally sheet lightning and no longer too loud but flashes are spectacular. »

Photographer and journalist Andrew Lanxon Hoyle shared a image of the Suleymaniye Mosque in Dalston, east London, lit from within the assist of by a ultimate fork of lightning, tweeting: « The lightning storm over London appropriate now is totally INTENSE. »

« Never considered lightning so relentless treasure this forward of.. or that coloration, » one other Twitter person said.






« Never considered lightning so relentless treasure this forward of.. or that coloration, » one other Twitter person said

Pamelasaurusrex shared a photograph on Instagram of two of us operating for shelter start air King’s Wrong Position as a lightning plod arced across the sky over nearby St Pancras.

James Brewin captured the second Succesful Ben and Westminster were illuminated by a flash of lightning, describing it as « London in daylight hours within the lifeless of night for a split second ».

Whereas somebody else described the storm over London treasure an « opening scene in Labyrinth ».

The storms could perchance be the first of many as noteworthy of the south of England and Wales had been arena to a yellow climate warning for the period of Saturday and on the present time.

The north of England could additionally finest be struck in a while the present time, but Scotland is predicted to indulge in sunshine thru until Monday, in accordance to Met Place of job meteorologist Sarah Kent.

She said: « It can perchance perchance be a warm weekend and I mediate with reference to each person will gape some sunshine, but the tall caveat is that because or no longer it is been quite humid, severely southern aspects are at possibility of seeing some quite heavy showers.

« It will be ready to make into some heavy thundery outbreaks over the following forty eight hours. »

Despite the « quite torrential » showers, Ms Kent said temperatures are attach of dwelling to keep 24C (75F) within the south whereas Glasgow will be as high as 22C (72F) on Sunday.

« Scotland looks as if they are going to grasp on to the greater of the sunshine indubitably all of the manner thru until the pause of Sunday, nonetheless by Monetary institution Holiday Monday there’ll be one or two lighter showers, » Ms Kent said.

Northern Eire is additionally predicted to be spared, with highs of 20C (68F) anticipated in Belfast.

Ms Kent warned the rain could additionally have an effect on drivers over the commute weekend, which could perchance add to the disruption from engineering works and industrial motion.

Reduced timetables are in stop on products and companies by operator Northern on Saturday, with the RMT union striking over the role of put together guards.

Community Rail issued a warning over products and companies to and from Birmingham Novel Avenue, no trains stopping at Swindon and bus replacements between Oxenholme and Glasgow Central and Edinburgh in consequence of rail enhancements.