Incredible 2700 lightning strikes recorded in Darwin thunderstorm

MANY Darwin residents were abruptly awoken on Thursday night as wild thunderstorms lit up the night skies with more than an incredible recorded lightning strikes.

The Darwin airport water gauge received 27mm of rain from the storms over the northern suburbs, bumping the October rainfall total up to 30mm.

The thunderstorm continues Darwin’s week of wild weather which saw hail fall in Humpty Doo on Wednesday, while the same afternoon tourists were stripping off at Mindil beach at the same time to escape the stifling humid weather.


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