Dramatic thunderstorms rolled in overnight, with Greater Manchester residents being woken up with 2am flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder.
The stormy weather looks set to continue as weather forecasters warn more thunderstorms will come in again later today (June 18).
A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office. The north west will remain unsettled today with a ‘continued risk of heavy showers and thunderstorms developing through the afternoon’, the forecaster has said. ‘Outside of showers, some warm, sunny spells’, it continued. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link The Met Office has also said there could be light winds, though perhaps gusty in any heavy downpours, with a maximum temperature of 24 °C.
The weather will then turn cloudy through the evening with showers merging into longer spells of heavy rain and perhaps turning thundery at times.