Flash floods hit UK - in pictures

Belton, Nottinghamshire: Huge hail stones from Thursday's downpour Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Tyne bridge, Newcastle: Lightning strikes the Tyne bridge on Thursday Photograph: You Tube

Hebburn, Tyne and Wear: A man cycles through floodwater on Thursday evening Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP

Lisburn Northern, Ireland: A bus driver drives through floodwater on the Twinbrook estate. Most main routes in south and east Belfast were left impassable after heavy rain caused severe flooding Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Penkridge, Staffordshire: Bank staff look out on a rising flash flood after a torrential downpour Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Jarrow, Tyne and Wear: A lorry drives through floodwater Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP

Penkridge, Staffordshire: Shop staff survey the flooding Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Penkridge, Staffordshire: Vehicles make their way through the flood Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Whitley Bay, north Tyneside was badly hit by the deluge Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Whitley Bay, north Tyneside was hit badly by the torrential rain Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Whitley Bay, North Tyneside: Heavy rain and thunderstorms battered parts of central and northern England Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Whitley Bay, North Tyneside: Water gushes down a set of steps during the flooding Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA