In Pictures: Lightning pierces UK skies

Image source, John E. Walsh / Twitter @akazeeox

Image caption, 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.

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Image source, Paul Middelton

Image caption, Multiple lightning bolts over Warwick

Image source, Kutub Uddin

Image caption, Lightning photographed over the English Channel

Image source, Nicole Carr

Image caption, Lightning was seen over Scarborough, North Yorkshire

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Image caption, A lightning bolt damaged Megan Zahra's bedroom roof

Image source, Geraint Roberts

Image caption, The storm passed over the Solent in southern England

Image source, Tim Fisher

Image caption, Tim Fisher caught this thunderstorm in the Lake District

Image source, Sonia Bashir

Image caption, Skies in Preston, Lancashire, are seeing purple

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Image source, PA Media

Image caption, Lightning passes over houses in Lee Park, Liverpool

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