Storm Roundup: Australia Lightning

Lightning in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend.
Photo by Ian Ranson via Melbourne Herald Sun.  

The weather is relatively quiet in the United States at the moment (with some storminess in the Pacific Northwest, and a weekend of record heat in the Southern Plains.)

But, as always, its been active in other parts of the world.

There was an incredibly lightning display in and around Melbourne, Australia over the weekend.

The storm disrupted train service, flooded streets and cut power. Lightning strikes also disrupted train service and set at least one house on fire around Melbourne.

Here's a compilation of some photos taken during the storm:



Remember Hurricane Gonzalo? That was the hurricane that trashed Bermuda a couple weeks ago.

Gonzalo's remnants has since been on a world tour, causing stormy weather, coastal flooding and high winds in parts of Britain, then moving on to central Europe, where it dumped some heavy mountain snow.

The remnants of Gonzalo settled into Greece over the weekend, producing this flash flood in Athens: