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From The Times
August 8, 2008

Sky lit up as storm puts on show of the summer

Storms that lit up parts of southern England yesterday caused flooding elsewhere in Britain and Ireland.

Julian Mayes, senior forecaster with MeteoGroup, said that the electrical storm that crossed the South “was one of the most impressive light displays we have seen for some time”.

The wettest weather was in Scotland, with 53mm of rain (just over 2in) at Edinburgh airport in 24 hours. A number of roads were closed in the city.

At Shannon airport in southwest Ireland, 38mm fell in only one hour.

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The one across SE England the evening before was probably just as spectacular but, because London didn't see it, there was no mention of it.

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Nature can be so cruel ,but so beautiful too!

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