Shocking photographs and videos of lightning show full extent of Friday morning's storm

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Jamie Russell of Island Visions captured a spectacular lightning storm just north of Winchester in the early hours of Friday morning Credit: BNPS

Lightning lit up the skies, marking the end of Summer, on Thursday night and into Friday morning.

People all over the country took photographs and videos of the lightning which woke them up.

The storms have caused chaos across the UK, including a train being derailed near Watford Junction station after striking a landslip caused by torrential rain.

A man was treated for a neck injury and a woman treated for chest pains after the 6.19 London Midland service from Milton Keynes to London Euston came off the track at around 7am.

This incident delayed trains going to and from London as commuters tried to get to work.

However, before people started trying to commute, many were delighted by the way the lightning lit up the sky.

Strikes made the angry sky look purple in Slough

 The sky was lit right up in Newcastle during multiple lightning strikes

 Here's a very clear and beautiful photograph from Bournemouth 

 Look at that sky!

 People all over the country were woken up by it

 This street was disrupted by a big bolt

Taken this morning at 4AM! #lightning #storm #england #love #rain

A photo posted by James Hartle (@jameshartle1994) on

 An interestingly-shaped lightning bolt

 The lightning was pictured through many rainy windows

1.40am- about time! #lightning #lightningstrike #storm #rain #summerisstillclingingon

A photo posted by Sarah || Londoner/ South Coast (@spooktacular_) on

 The storm may irritating for commuters, but the lightning was really beautiful.

 

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