This week, more than half of all 2022 lightning strikes were recorded
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This week, more than half of all 2022 lightning strikes were recorded

Since Sunday, more than half of all lightning strikes in the past year have been reported.

During the period from Sunday to Wednesday, the Met Office recorded 26,718 lightning strikes over the United Kingdom, prompting the issuance of lightning warnings.Lightning strike over the pier in Blackpool in the early hours of the morning on 15 August as the heatwave came to an end

Approximately 49,000 were recorded throughout the past year.

Stay in your vehicle if you’re out on the road during a thunderstorm, because any lightning that strikes it will be deflected by the metal body and absorbed by the rubber tires.

After weeks of dry weather, Britain saw heavy thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday as flash floods struck the Midlands and the South.

Bolts of lightning can cause fires, casualties, and travel delays.

Tuesday, a train full of passengers was trapped in Hither Green in south-east London due to a suspected lightning strike that disrupted the railway’s electrical system.

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