UK records wettest-ever spring quarter

30/06/12 10:06 CET

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Severe summer storms have contributed to the UK’s wettest April to June quarter since records began in 1910.

More than 111,000 bolts of lightning have struck across the country and hailstones the size of golf balls damaged cars in Leicestershire.

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