Scotland weather: Met Office extends today's warning for thunderstorms
England and Wales saw the major storm reach the county at around 10pm on Friday, as it now makes its way north.
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Regions and local authorities affected:
Central, Tayside and Fife Angus
Clackmannanshire
Dundee
Falkirk
Fife
Perth and Kinross
Stirling
Grampian Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
Moray
Highlands and Eilean Siar Highland
North East England Darlington
Durham
Gateshead
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
Northumberland
Redcar and Cleveland
South Tyneside
Stockton-on-Tees
Sunderland
North West England Blackburn with Darwen
Blackpool
Cumbria
Lancashire
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders Dumfries and Galloway
East Lothian
Edinburgh
Midlothian Council
Scottish Borders
West Lothian
Strathclyde Argyll and Bute
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Renfrewshire
Glasgow
Inverclyde
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Renfrewshire
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
West Dunbartonshire
Yorkshire & Humber North Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
York
The Met Office said: "Areas of heavy and thundery rain continue to push northwards across the country, as shown in the latest radar sequence. So far there have been over 30,000 lightning strikes, the vast majority of which have been over the sea."
Torrential downpours also hit land, causing significant flooding and disruption in Kent.
Social media users reported mass blackouts as a result of the flooding.
One X user posted: 'That storm was the worst one I've ever seen.
'This area really got a direct hit. So much flooding across the Dover/Deal area and so many homes without power.'
Another said: 'I've not seen rain like we've had tonight in a very long time.
'Local roads flooded, people's windows and doors leaking, and undoubtedly, storm overflows will mean sewage spills into the sea.'
Kent Police shut down the A256 in Tilmanstone, where one driver was seen sitting on the roof of their car after getting stuck in floodwater.
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