The video compilation above shows several separate and sped-up lightning strikes, but gives a fairly accurate depiction of the level of drama that lit up the skies for hours yesterday evening.

Other amateur videos (below) show what look like a really close strikes (close enough that the people holding the cameras nearly jump out of their boots).

Environment Canada just issued another severe thunderstorm watch for the GTA (2:20pm), so today may see more wild weather yet!

Videos by pingpang99, ragingradish, p4mela, and gwong1980 on YouTube.