- London experienced a prolonged spell of thunder and lightning overnight, leading to flash flooding and numerous emergency calls.
- London Fire Brigade responded to approximately 400 calls, including two house fires believed to be caused by lightning strikes and home flooding.
- In the West Country, thunderstorms on Monday evening caused temperatures to drop and led to brief power outages for hundreds of homes in areas like Shepton Mallet and Bristol.
- Bristol Airport was forced to close because of “a fault with Air Traffic Control systems”, with passengers advised to contact their airlines.
- A house fire in Emersons Green, Bristol, was attributed to a lightning strike, with one person injured in an unrelated incident nearby.
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