Overnight thunderstorms swept through London bringing with it heavy rain, hail, and frequent lightning.

More than 150,000 lightning strikes were recorded across the UK in 12 hours.

Alastair Hall braved the conditions to capture the bright bursts of lightning over Leytonstone.

East London and West Essex Guardian Series:

Wow! Leytonstone was postively Hitchcockian last night 

This dramatic shot was taken by Gavin Storey as the skies lit up over Chingford just after 11pm last night.

East London and West Essex Guardian Series:

Nice shot Gavin!

BBC Weather tweeted this image illustrating all lightning strikes recorded in the UK between 8pm last night and 8am this morning.

If you have any extreme photos of last night's storm, send them to joe.roberts@london.newsquest.co.uk