'Mother of All Thunderstorms' Hits UK

Up to 20K lightning strikes recorded in overnight storm

 lightning strike during a storm in London, Saturday, May 27, 2018. British meteorologists say up to 20,000 lightning strikes hit the UK during a powerful overnight thunderstorm, and a London-area airport is reporting flight disruptions.  

British meteorologists say up to twenty,000 lightning strikes hit the united kingdom throughout a strong nightlong electrical storm, reports the AP, Associate in Nursingd a London-area airfield is news flight disruptions when an craft supplying system was broken. London Stansted airfield aforementioned Sunday that a lightning strike had rendered the supplying system "unavailable for a amount this morning. Engineers are on website and have currently fixed up the system, but flights should be subject to diversion, delay or cancellation." Britain is within the middle of a vacation weekend, and budget airline Ryanair could not say what number flights had been affected at the airfield, however was giving full refunds to some. specialize Charlie Powell aforementioned data advised there have been "somewhere between fifteen,000 and 20,000 strikes across the united kingdom throughout the nightlong period;" the BBC says fifteen,000 strikes were recorded in a very four-hour amount. The categorical quotes a specialize UN agency calls it "the mother of all thunderstorms."