Top temperatures may reach up to 21C as a burst of hot weather moves in from France later this month, charts show. A weather map generated by Netweather on Wednesday shows 21C in London, 19C in Cardiff, 17C in Edinburgh and 17C in Belfast by 6pm on September 20. The Met Office‘s long range weather...
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Major alert issued as UK to be battered by brutal wall of rain for 16 hours
A major weather alert has been issued with a wall of rain to hit parts of the UK. The Met Office has put a yellow rain warning in place in southwest Scotland from 3am on to 9am on Tuesday, August 27. The alert covers Wigtown, Kirkcudbright, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Lockerbie, Thornhill, Moffat and Sanquhar. Those in...
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Storm Lilian live: Manchester Pride issue statement as 80mph winds disrupt flights and cause power cuts
Manchester Pride organisers are closely monitoring Storm Lilian as it sweeps across the region but currently expect the event to proceed as scheduled. The storm, hitting Greater Manchester this morning, has brought heavy rain and strong winds of up to 60mph, causing significant damage. Leeds Festival has also been thrown into chaos as gusts delayed...
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New Storm Lilian alert with floods, cancelled flights and power cuts likely
Storm Lilian is surging through northern parts of Wales and England, while yellow weather warnings have been issued for both the east of England and London and the South East, bringing with them the threat of flooding. Dramatic pictures at the Leeds Festival have shown tents being blown away by massive gusts, with two stages...
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Met Office issues yellow weather warning with rain causing travel chaos & floods
THE Met Office has issued an urgent yellow weather warning – with heavy rain set to spark travel chaos and floods. A band of rain will slowly push across parts of Britain today before clearing this evening. 2 Miserable weather in Winchester last weekCredit: Alamy 2 A yellow rain warning is in force for western...
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Urgent travel warning as ‘month’s worth of rain hits in an hour’
AN urgent travel warning has been issued after a month’s worth of rain fell in just an hour and flooding closed roads. Heavy downpours have battered large swathes of the UK – despite the mercury soaring to 30C. 5 A stranded car in Guildford, Surrey yesterdayCredit: PA 5 A woman crosses London Bridge during a...
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Large swathes of Britain to be lashed by thundery downpours as Met Office issues three new warnings – as UK braces for flooding and travel chaos
Huge swathes of the UK are expected to be drenched in thundery downpours at the Met Office issue stark new warnings to brace for flooding and travel chaos. Wet and stormy weather is expected across South West England and South Wales with a ‘danger to life’ warning issued. Britons should expect possible flooding, power cuts and...
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Urgent Met Office warning as 50mph winds & thunderstorms hit
THE Met Office has issued an urgent warning with 50mph and thunderstorms set to cause travel chaos. Strong winds will push across eastern England this morning, buffeting Norfolk and Suffolk. 3 Storm clouds blanket the Hampshire cricket ground in Southampton last weekCredit: PA 3 A Met Office yellow warning is in force this morningCredit: Met...
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Travel chaos as UK gears up for busiest late May Bank Holiday since Covid – with trains disrupted, long queues at Dover, airports packed with travellers and 20million journeys set to clog up Britain’s roads
Britons were warned to prepare for congestion on what is set to be the busiest late May bank holiday weekend on the roads since the start of the pandemic. More than 20million leisure trips by car are expected to be made between today and Monday, which would be the most for the late May bank...
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Mini-heatwave comes to crashing end as thunder and lightning hit UK
The Met Office has updated its yellow weather warning for South West England. The warning removed parts of south and southwest England and West Wales, while including more of northern England. The likelihood of thunderstorms and heavy rain impact was also increased in the update, while the timing was delayed by an hour. The yellow...
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Maps reveal exact time thunderstorms will hit UK today with rain and flooding
THE Met Office has revealed the exact time “heavy thunderstorms” are set to hit Britain today, bringing in travel chaos and flooding. The forecaster has also warned that flooding in some places could cause “danger to life”. 9 Bournemouth beach-goers made the most of the weekend earlier this morningCredit: BNPS 9 The Met Office has...