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Thunderbolts & lightning: Your pictures

Jason Arunn MurugesuNorth East and Cumbria
simon A close-up shot of the Angel of the North: a rust-coloured statue of an angel with extended wings. It stands on a hill, with greenery on either side. Lightning can be seen, seemingly rising from the ground, beneath the right wing of the angel.simon
The Angel of the North has never looked so menacing

After a run of hot and sticky nights, many across the North East and Cumbria were woken up by deafening thunder this morning with some, including this reporter, being too sleepy to get up and look out of the window at the dramatic weather.

Luckily some of our Weather Watchers were on hand to capture the drama. Here are some of our favourites.

Cumbrian stargazer A bold white lightning strike forks across the night sky directly over the roof of a house in Haile.Cumbrian stargazer
Lightning hits the village of Haile in Cumbria
A Figment of your Imagination Rolling grey clouds and small bursts of lightning light up the ruins of Tynemouth Priory on a hill above the townA Figment of your Imagination
Rolling grey clouds and small bursts of lightning light up the ruins of Tynemouth Priory on a hill above the town
Sharon Bell Rooftops silhouetted by pink lightning strikes above grey thundery skies. Sharon Bell
Long, pink lightning strikes dance across the sky at Marske-by-the-Sea
Johnny B A thick white lightning strike captured from across a field. Telephone poles and overhead wires stand in the foreground, with rolling hills in the background beneath a grey, stormy sky.Johnny B
A massive lightning bolt highlights the power of the storm in Whitehaven, Cumbria

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