Lightning destroys homes as thunderstorms and floods batter Britain

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LIGHTNING has destroyed homes as thunderstorms and floods batter Britain today. A pensioner fled in terror after a lightning bolt caused two homes to explode into flames overnight. Storm warnings a…

A pensioner fled in terror after a lightning bolt caused two homes to explode into flames overnight.The houses became engulfed in flames this morning after they were hit with lightningA stranded car on the A259 after flooding at New Romney after heavy rainCredit: SWNS

It brings the week-long blistering heatwave to a dramatic end after record-breaking 32C temperatures.Dramatic photos showed two homes on fire after being hit by a lightning bolt during storms in Hampshire. "There was this enormous bang, it was obviously the lightning, I think it woke the rest of the street up," neighbour Barrie Austen said.

Elsewhere, roads were flooded in New Romney, Kent, where a car was left stranded in the middle of the road.The thunderstorm warning is in place all weekend as the Met Office said homes and businesses could be flooded with power cuts a high possibility.On Thursday a fallen tree forced train passengers to leave a tram and walk for 30 minutes along the tracks in heavy rain and lightning storms.

Government meteorologists have issued warnings torrents of rain, flash flooding, power cuts and travel chaos.

 

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IMO sadly Americans will not accept that climate change is real,until it starts happening in the US+by then it'll be too late. Why does God keep p**tecting US? Who are the few m*rons in control of the US who will not let the correct actions occur? GL dealing with climate change.

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