Spectacular Lightning Storms Across UK

Lightning was experienced across the UK last night after 50,000 strikes were reported to have occurred in 24 hours – with more thunderstorms predicted today.

The term heat lightning (known as silent lightning, summer lightning, or dry lightning) is frequently used to describe lightning from a distant thunderstorm, which is too far away to hear the associated thunder.


During the night, it is possible to see the flashes of lightning from very far distances of up to 100 miles (160 kilometres), but th...