Spectacular Lightning Show During Weather Chaos in Melbourne

MELBOURNE — As they stirred to the sounds of roaring thunder, Melbourne folk would have had some idea there was wild weather taking place over the city on Monday night

But only the next day, as images began to surface could they grasp the severity of the storm that led to power outages across the city and threw its transport services into chaos

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The electrical storm kicked off at around 2 a.m. and continued through to sunrise, with a barrage of lightning strikes illuminating the city skyline

The freak weather event resulted in 26 millimetres of rain, Melbourne's heaviest rainfall in over a year, and led to flash flooding in parts of the city. Planes were grounded at the airport, while morning commuters were stuck in limbo as a power surge disrupted the metropolitan train network Read more...

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