Warnings have been issued as intense lightning and thunderstorms look set to continue into Sunday after the UK was struck by up to 20,000 bolts overnight. The Met Office advised that further torrential rain and thunder are expected on Sunday morning. Heavy #thunderstorms have brought over an inch of rain to parts of east Wales and the Midlands in just an hour. Stay #weatheraware pic.twitter.com/KGQ1nNmHmH — Met Office (@metoffice) May 27, 2018Flights from London Stansted Airport were disrupted after cancellations and delays overnight due to the weather. Met Office meteorologist Charlie Powell said information suggested there were “somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 strikes across the UK during the overnight period”.

Source: Huffington Post May 27, 2018 07:34 UTC