New York's night sky was lit up by bolts of lightning flashing through the darkness during a fierce thunder storm on Friday night.

And one photographer was able to capture the moment one of those bolts struck the George Washington Bridge.

The city endured heavy rain and ferocious claps of thunder and flashes of lightning for most of Friday evening leading into a warm and bright Saturday which saw many bask in temperatures of around 82F.

But Sunday night brought more wet and wild weather as once again severe thunderstorms, rain and hail fell on the city, bringing a soggy end to the weekend.

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© Zachary TolbertStrikes: A photographer captured the exact moment a lightning bolt struck the George Washington Bridge on Friday night in New York
This was the second weekend in a row that the Big Apple was hit by severe weather.

At least seven inches of rain fell by JFK Airport last Sunday, and all through the city residents dealt with travel delays, dangerous road conditions and even some flooded basements.

Some of the worst-hit areas were on Staten Island. At Amboy Road in Bay Terrace, Department of Environmental Protection crews tried to clear the clogged storm drains.

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© Jay Fine/CatersDeluge: Lightning strikes over New York's Brooklyn as the city is hit by a powerful thunderstorm
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© Jay Fine/CatersSpectacular: A streak of lightning lights up the sky over the Statue of Liberty
In one intersection, eight cars were totally submerged and had to be pulled to dry land.

Even for an area that is known to flood, the locals said last weekend's storm were different.

One neighbour said:

'This is an ongoing occurrence over here. I mean, never this bad. This is probably the worst.

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© NY1Wet: Parts of New York were severely flooded last weekend after torrential rain and thunder storms hit the Big Apple
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© NY1Flooded: Cars became submerged in water and had to be pulled to dry land after seven inches of rain fell in parts of the city