A procession of spectacular and violent electrical storms rolled across the Island in the early hours yesterday causing a sleepless night for many due to their intensity and proximity.

For almost four hours a series of "thunderheads" scudded across the night sky providing a startling, and for many a frightening, display of nature's power.

Sheet and forked lightning illuminated the sky as crashing thunder reverberated though the small hours of the morning. However, there were no reports of major damage on the Island caused by the electrical storms

"There was a cold front moving from west to east and the thunderheads were going south to north," said Bermuda Weather Service meteorologist Elizabeth Harris.

The strength of the prevailing surface winds at the time indicate that the Island experienced a number of electrical storms running through the area rather than one single storm hanging around.

She added: "It appears to have been caused by a trough in front of the cold front. There wasn't much rain so the storms were probably just offshore rather than above the Island."

The first thunderstorm report came in at 1.30 a.m. and the last was at 4 a.m. The weather today is expected to be a mixture of sunny breaks and isolated showers.