Heavy rain battered parts of the Hunter overnight, but it seems a home in Hamilton South copped the worst of it.
Fire and Rescue crews were called to a two-storey house after it had been struck by lightning.
When they arrived, smoke was pouring out of the roof.
The lightning strike blew a hole through the ceiling and ruptured a water pipe.
Firefighters managed to extinguish the small blaze before it spread and thankfully no one was home at the time.
