{"id":661152,"date":"2026-06-27T13:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/661152\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T13:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:23:08","slug":"dramatic-thunderstorm-hits-london-as-lightning-strikes-seen-across-capital-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/661152\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatic thunderstorm hits London as lightning strikes seen across capital &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPZ0ZjenhDOE44MzVXdGVpWEZQNElaenZORlFRY1AzOVd4cW9oR05vb0QzRWp3OGFpUm5SSDlQSEJPMFpNekIzV3NESTh2cV95emtQV0xqOFFyVHhDa2EteVp4ZlRjZEx2SU9aNTRWc1lieVJzT1JKTTNwMnFvWWxqZnZZVkdzeEdYRTdGbEtLNG1BY0d0NkkzQ2JnSExmZHZMOWpRRjZLYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dramatic thunderstorm hits London as lightning strikes seen across capital<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxPMnFwM29tbnRwR19vMkZDWVlBT0piWURuQ0lDcWgxZ2tXZXlWUkRUb3FOczJENnJJZ3F5czVfVGhMOGk0VW5XSGZ5QUdDU2NDcGs5MzdJQktTbUJPMlVRTWI2NVNoNE53ZlQyVWYwSUh0OHJxRzVzRTZFVUxpQzdYdm51LVFBQVZfcWtPWlUxbkNxd0ZL?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Heatwave disrupts UK airports<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5hSWZxLWVoUlVVcTYtUm9tVTU4X2RIdXNZWndKSUlYZ0VsU0FuYWJZV09BNk5nY0ltRjViTS1FOU5oZEw5RjJZZXdWYlNPVi1BYXRHMVJxS2dwZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In pictures: Lightning storms strike again across the West<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNd0JiZlh2SWM5dlRTR2RNbjV5UTU3UzB0MzFjZXF4UmFSNWhWSnRQSnJEUFhpZWtoQnJ5OW5LRzdHSFQzbzVsX21jVTA3blBFWjFoMjJjZWFMQU5PSl9aVnhjNVFOUUt5Z0ZZTmg2WUh3Uy0tWHJtbDVOYTNrTThEVmJPYWpwMnJFeXJj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Video: Lightning storm creates strobe effect across north and north-east skies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Press and Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPQlJqdm5IWjdIMk5YeWdWbkh4QXdVX3Ntb3dxOFA2dE5TZkItbzNjMzl5ZGtYTDJNVkh1SGl3czBHLWI3V1Y1MXFCSWJxaFVoRERNWXd4MzA2UHZWb08yY3JKOU85cmxFZ1QwSWdLU2FKbDNpRGVSNUFzSDhFSTduSlRXNjJ0bTBSaktqenM0ei1vbDBBRGxNMWZ6RklZS19QUHUwc2dB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK to see more intense tropical-style thunderstorms later this week<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ITVX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dramatic thunderstorm hits London as lightning strikes seen across capital&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardHeatwave disrupts UK airports&nbsp;&nbsp;The TelegraphIn pictures: Lightning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[221698,59,57,58,207352,50,1664,116712,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-661152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-albert-bridge","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-london-heatwave","tag-news","tag-temperatures","tag-thunderstorm","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}