Frightening moment lightning strikes Stoke home as UK battered by megastorm

A scary clip captured connected a location information camera shows the infinitesimal lightning lights the skies and hits a spot successful Stoke-on-Trent arsenic a large sound echoes astir the neighbourhood

This is the frightening infinitesimal lightning strikes a location arsenic a megastorm batters the UK, bringing heavy rain and floods to galore parts of the country.

Footage captured connected a location information camera shows the interaction of lightning connected a Stoke-on-Trent home, triggering what looks similar a immense explosion. In the 10-second clip, lightning lights the skies arsenic a large exploding sound echoes astir the neighbourhood.

A agleam yellowish flash comes from the extortion successful what looks similar flames. The incidental occurred conscionable earlier 5.25pm connected Saturday with firefighters and constabulary scrambling to the country to woody with the incident.

The terrifying video was archetypal shared by Stoke-on-Trent Live, which reported that Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service enactment up a cordon past nighttime arsenic neighbours from surrounding properties were evacuated aft proceeding "a monolithic bang". One witnesser said a motorist had stopped and told them the home's extortion was "on fire". The incidental came astatine a clip wherever the metropolis was nether a yellowish informing for thunderstorms.

It comes arsenic forecasters warned that astir an full summer's worthy of rainfall is acceptable to determination down successful conscionable 12 hours connected Sunday. Weather maps person turned bluish arsenic a 200-mile agelong deluge hovers implicit the UK. It follows warnings from the Met Office issued connected Thursday for 3 days of storms and dense rainfall for crossed the South West, Wales and the Midlands, which continues into Monday.

Forecasters accidental terrible upwind conditions, which could spot up to 3 inches of rainfall successful parts, people the extremity of a spell of bright, lukewarm upwind past week - and officially punctuates the extremity of the summertime with this play marking the autumn equinox. Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey said: "With Sunday marking the autumnal equinox summertime has present officially travel to an end, and it ended with a bang for immoderate of us.

"We've seen immoderate precise dense showers and thunderstorms spreading their mode successful crossed confederate areas of England, into parts of Wales arsenic good during the people of today." Parts of the South and Wales saw thunder and lightning connected Friday, portion immoderate areas of the UK besides saw freak tempest conditions including hailstones and adjacent tornadoes.

More than 900 homes successful North Staffordshire mislaid powerfulness amidst the stormy conditions. Nick Finnis from Netweather said: "All bully things travel to an end. After a summery tally crossed the UK, it's turning a batch wetter."

Flooding warnings person besides been issued by the Environment Agency connected Sunday up of the projected downpour. Some 45 warnings and alerts person been issued.

UK 5 time upwind forecast

Today:

Heavy outbreaks of rainfall volition dispersed crossed overmuch of confederate England and Wales, turning thundery astatine times. Feeling alternatively lukewarm and humid. Drier successful the northbound with sunny spells successful the west, remaining cloudy successful the northeast.

Tonight:

A lukewarm nighttime for galore with dense rainfall continuing crossed Wales, the Midlands and pushing into bluish England. Drier elsewhere with mostly cloudy skies

Monday:

Heavy rainfall continuing crossed parts of England and Wales. Largely cloudy further northbound with patchy rainfall successful bluish Scotland.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Fairly settled connected Tuesday with sunny spells and possibly a fewer showers. Feeling cooler. Turning much wide bedewed and windy from Wednesday.