In Pictures: Lightning pierces UK skies
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This electric blue sky was pictured over Milton Road in Cambridge
The skies above the UK were lit up by about 48,000 lightning strikes on Tuesday night.
The thunderstorms came ahead of further warm weather with temperatures in London expected to reach 38C on Thursday.
Multiple lightning bolts over Warwick
Lightning photographed over the English Channel
Lightning was seen over Scarborough, North Yorkshire
A lightning bolt damaged Megan Zahra's bedroom roof
The storm passed over the Solent in southern England
Tim Fisher caught this thunderstorm in the Lake District
Skies in Preston, Lancashire, are seeing purple
Lightning passes over houses in Lee Park, Liverpool
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