Photographs capture overnight lightning storm in East Sussex

Dramatic photographs show lightning lighting up the night sky as parts of East Sussex were battered by an overnight storm.

By The Newsroom

Published 31st Aug 2015, 13:34 BST

Brandon Carpenter took this photo of the lightning storm over Hastings

Brandon Carpenter, 20, captured these images of lightning over St Leonards as the storm rolled in.

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