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Heavy rain is expected to bring a deluge of rain to the UK as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning.Up to 60 millimetres of rain could face across parts of Scotland later today, with flooding of a few homes and businesses possible.Spray could also make journey times longer and public transport will face potential disruption in impacted areas.The Met Office said: “Persistent rain will affect southwest Scotland on […]

Hot temperatures are set to return across Britain this week as an Iberian heat bomb strikes.Parts of the UK could see temperatures surge to 29C, according to the latest weather maps.It follows heavy downpours amid Storm Lilian which caused weather chaos up and down the country.On Wednesday, London and the surrounding south east could see temperatures jump to 28C.Hot temperatures are set to return across Britain this week as an […]

Britons hoping for more summer weather before the season is out can rejoice as highs of 27C will be reached thanks to a Scandinavian plume.The warm weather will come as a welcome relief after Britain has been battered by Storm Lilian, which has caused chaos with its 73mph winds.However, before balmy sunshine makes a return, showers will strike over the bank holiday weekend, the Met Office has said. A yellow […]

A huge cloud of sulphur dioxide has spread across the UK from a volcanic eruption in Iceland as Britons are warned about the health risks of inhaling it.Weather maps show the corrosive and acidic gas cloud has moved towards Britain - and can cause a deterioration in air quality.Sulphur dioxide (SO2) can cause respiratory problems - such as bronchitis - and symptoms include a sore throat, coughing, a runny nose, […]

Storm Lilian will usher a Bank Holiday weekend of autumnal wind and thundery downpours before summer surges back for a last fling.Lilian became the twelfth named storm of the season on Thursday night, swept in from the Atlantic on an ‘active’ jet stream.Cooler wetter weather will hang on in the north through the start of the weekend while a nationwide split pushes temperatures in the south into the 20Cs.However, sun-starved […]

Storm Lilian has wreaked havoc in Britain and Ireland after it touched down in the early hours of Friday morning.The storm, which was named yesterday, has ripped across the north of England and south of Scotland - leaving transit and powercut chaos in its wake.One flight from London Heathrow to Edinburgh just after 6am was cancelled, while social media reports suggested hundreds of people were left to suffer in traffic […]

Summer looks to have come to a close before August has even finished as hurricane-force winds continue to batter Britain.The tail end of Hurricane Ernesto, which had bruised Bermuda on its way across the Atlantic, smashed into Scotland yesterday after drenching parts of Ireland.Though Ernesto may be petering out as it heads north to the Arctic, northwestern parts of the country have been told to brace for hurricane-force winds - […]

Storms driven by clashing hot and cold air masses are ramping up to threaten a widespread autumn ‘shock’.A cold plunge will spread westwards this weekend pushing thermometers in parts to freezing with even the risk of snow.Extreme heat will hold its grip further south as tropical heat brings record temperatures to desert states.Cold weather swept eastwards will spread to the Pacific coast this weekend bringing the first widespread chill of […]

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings across Scotland, Wales and England as the UK braces for impact from the tail of a hurricane.Hurricane Ernesto had careered across the western Atlantic Ocean for a number of days, smashing into Bermuda as it made its way over the water.With its tail end already whipping up large waves on the Irish coast, the Met Office has slapped western Scotland, northern England […]