UK weather: Thunderstorms and flooding forecast by Met Office as torrential downpour looms
Heavy rain expected to strike south eastern England, the Midlands and Wales on Tuesday before drifting north on Wednesday
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Your support makes all the difference.Thunderstorms and potential flooding have been forecast for large parts of the UK on Tuesday, prompting weather warnings from the Met Office.
The south and east of England, the Midlands and Wales are expected to be hit by storms on Tuesday evening, while the north of England will be affected on Wednesday, forecasters said.
Met Office spokesman Oli Claydon said some areas will see between 20mm and 30mm of rainfall in an hour.
“The whole of southern England and Wales will be affected by thunderstorms and potential heavy downpours,” he said.
The Met Office said there was also a chance of large hailstones and localised flooding of homes, businesses and roads.
Frequent lightning may pose the risk of disruption to power networks on both days across all regions, it added.
Mr Claydon said that on Wednesday “the storms will cover a much wider area, taking up all of Wales but stopping before Scotland”, from the early hours through to 8pm.
He added: “There will be scattered storms and some areas could see 30mm of rainfall in an hour, while there could be rainfall of up to 50mm in two to three hours in some areas.”
The warnings come after a spell of warm, dry weather across the country which has seen highs of 31C.
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