Torrential storms battered parts of the Midlands and the north today causing almost unprecedented scenes with hundreds of shops and homes flooded and motorists having to be rescued from their vehicles.
At the storm’s peak, 153 lightning strikes were being recorded every minute. In Leicestershire the freak weather saw hailstones as big as golf balls crash down, some even smashing car windows.
In Shropshire, a 66-year-old retired schoolteacher was swept to his death when a normally gentle brook burst its banks after two hours of torrential rain causing a flash flood.
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| A home video shows a bolt of lightning striking the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle |
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| Hail: The ground looks like it is covered in snow in Queniborough, Leicestershire, following a storm this afternoon |
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| A freak 14cm-long hailstone which fell in Leicestershire |
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