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Almost one million more Britons will face water restrictions in a matter of days after another water firm imposed a hosepipe ban.Southern Water has announced that much of Hampshire and all of the Isle of Wight will face water prohibitions from 9am on Monday.Some 791,000 people in 336,000 properties in Hampshire, as well as 144,000 people in 75,000 properties on the Isle of Wight, are set to endure the ban.From […]

A monsoon deluge carried on a plume of tropical humidity threatens a weekend of torrential rain, gales and hail-laden thunderstorms.Britain’s weather is about to show its fangs as the gates open to a barrage of Atlantic storms.As wind and rain sweep the nation ahead of the weekend, temperatures will rocket fuelling the deluge.Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said: “There will be some wet and windy weather to come as we […]

A cyclonic storm double whammy will pelt Britain with thundery downpours putting parts of the country on alert for floods.Heavy rainfall will wash away the last dregs of the heatwave as the gates open to the turbulent Atlantic.High pressure, the driver of hot, dry weather, will retreat in favour of low-pressure cyclonic storm systems.After temperatures of 30C-plus through last week, the mercury will nosedive below average.NETWEATHER | A cyclonic storm […]

Britain’s heatwave will fizzle in a tangle of cold fronts, plunging temperatures below the mid-summer norm.Chilly gusts, rain and thunder will hit northern Britain and Scotland this week while the south holds on to the dregs of warmth.Highs in the 30Cs will give way to temperatures in single figures while the warmest regions scrape the 20Cs.A low-pressure twin system dragging cold fronts across the UK will spark heavy rain and […]

Britain is expected to see heavy thunderstorms, which could cause flash flooding, as "excessive rainfall" is expected to hit the country.The thunderstorms come as the UK experiences its third heatwave of the year, with temperatures surpassing 30C.NetWeather's senior forecaster Nick Finnis said: "Thunderstorms are expected to develop along a zone of wind convergence ahead of the surface front, and these will organise into multicell clusters moving north."With a 20 per […]

Spain has been rocked by heavy floods and thunderstorms as popular holiday hotspots risk facing weather chaos.Half of the country's 50 provinces received weather warnings this week, as temperatures reached a staggering 42C.Dramatic footage shows Spanish streets turned into filthy rivers as flood water swallowed up vehicles and chairs.A "heat dome" has swamped large parts of Europe, causing unprecedented conditions in certain regions.The extreme weather poses a significant threat to […]

An amber health alert has been issued across England as "intense heat" threatens to plunge Britain into a fresh heatwave.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has put out two alerts - amber and yellow - which start from 12pm today and end at 9am on Monday, July 14.Regions including the East and West Midlands, South East, South West, East of England and London are affected by the amber alert.These areas […]

Park-goers have been warned by a London council to avoid sitting under trees over health and safety concerns.Harrow Council, in the capital's northwest, has warned locals of "sudden branch drop syndrome" - forcing them out into the sun despite the heatwave.No injuries have so far been reported, and there is no known cause for the "syndrome".The council said the branches dropped in the borough's parks during the June heatwave.The local […]

A "pressure cooker" of blazing sunshine, tumbling ‘foehn’ winds and simmering sea waters will push parts of the country into a record heatwave.Britain is about to boil in the third blowtorch blast of summer with thermometers widely about to breach 30C.Hot weather will hold out into next week in what is forecast to be the most widespread heatwave of summer.Temperatures will rocket under the Azores High, pounding the air like […]