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The Met Office has issued two yellow weather warnings as Britons brace for flooding and thunderstorms throughout today.The first weather warning will be in place from 10am until 7pm and will cover London and the Home Counties, as well as the South West.The Met Office said: "Heavy showers and thunderstorms may cause some disruption in places."The second warning will be in place from 12pm until 8pm and will cover the […]

‘Battling’ weather systems threaten a bank holiday deluge before a tropical blast rescues the start of summer.Britons will be dodging downpours through a “mixed” weekend as forecasters pull their hair out over chaotic pressure patterns.Once again, weather models vastly disagree, promising a warm “plume” on Monday or a near washout.In the longer term, high pressure is expected to build from the tropical Azores islands, meaning summer could finally sizzle after […]

Heavy rain and violent thunderstorms are set to return next week following a short Bank Holiday reprieve with some areas expected to see highs of 23C.The Met Office says dry spells are expected to be seen across all regions in the UK over the weekend, with sunny conditions forecast for Saturday.Earlier this week, flooding caused chaos in several areas including the north of England.Forecasters warned that the heavy downpours saw […]

An urgent "danger to life" alert has been issued for parts of Britain as more heavy rain and flooding is set to strike.A rare amber weather warning remains in place until 12pm today across northern England and Wales.Meteorologists have warned the "worst is yet to come" with up to a month's worth of rain already falling in one day.Over the next 24 hours, more heavy downpours are expected to cause […]

The United States is facing one of its hottest summers on record as ‘searing heatwaves’ push thermometers widely into the 100Fs.Raging temperatures, however, threaten to stir up an unusually powerful autumn of hurricanes, experts warn.A ‘summer of heatwaves’ and ‘juiced hurricane season’ will prolong the misery across America as it battles a deadly tornado assault.Weather Channel spokesman Chris DeWeese said: “Searing heat waves could be a common theme this summer […]

A 10-year-old girl has been named by her school as the person who died in a mudslide in North Yorkshire.Leah Harrison, a Year 6 pupil at Mount Pleasant Primary School in Darlington died on Wednesday afternoon amid a 24-hour amber warning for rain.Chief executive of Harrison's school, Nick Blackburn, said she was a "much-loved" student.Blackburn said: "The full details are still emerging but this is clearly a heartbreaking tragedy. The […]

One person has died in a mudslide on the edge of the North York Moors National Park.North Yorkshire Police said the mudslide happened at Carlton-in-Cleveland at around 1.15pm, with emergency services still on scene.A spokesperson from the force said: "We would ask the public to refrain from speculation and spreading unverified information."It comes as a 24-hour amber warning for rain has been in place across parts of North Wales and […]

A sweltering moisture plume from Mexico will clash with Pacific gusts to plough the United States with a near 2,000-mile belt of hail-hurling tornadoes.More than 60 million people in the path of the storm have in the past 24 hours been urged to “move to safe shelter”.Volatile atmospheric conditions since spring threaten to push the seasonal tornado total to the 1,000 mark – well above the 626 average.A raft of […]

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning as Britons brace for flooding and thunderstorms - sparking chaos for 24 hours.A yellow weather warning for rain applies to a huge swathe of the UK, with the alert stretching from northern Scotland to the Midlands until 6am tomorrow.A thunderstorms alert has been issued for the south coast with sudden flooding expected until 7pm this evening.The amber warning for northern Wales […]