Lightning lit up the sky in Wangaratta on Thursday night, with the accompanying thunder shaking the odd house, and causing cats and and dogs to to freak out.

Some 55.4mm of rain was recorded in Wangaratta, with some areas of the North East recording the most rain in a 24 hour period for more than five years. Local photographer Simon Groves was brave enough to step outside to capture this fork lightning on impact over Wangaratta.