Powerful storms hit the capital
The sky was lit up by flashes of lightning last night, as storms buffeted the capital.
Hail broke windows in last night's storms
Despite the scorching temperatures, some of the storms that swept across the capital last night contained large hail stones.
Robbie Collin posted a picture on Twitter of his living room window, which had been smashed during a thunder storm.
He wrote: "Err, wow. A sudden hail shower in SW London has just SMASHED MY LIVING ROOM WINDOW."
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