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Britain’s miserable start to autumn will take a mid-week breather before wind and rain return in the shadow of a tropical hurricane.Ex-Hurricane Isaac, now a tropical storm, is heading towards the north Atlantic and may creep close enough to rattle the UK weather.The knock-on effects of the post-hurricane could mean another bout of wind and rain ahead of the weekend.While hurricanes do not directly affect the UK, energy and warm […]

A Shropshire driver had to be rescued from his car yesterday after severe flooding left his vehicle submerged past its windows.Firefighters were called into action to come to the motorist's aid after an attempt to cross a ford near the village of Condover left the car at the mercy of raging floodwaters.Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has shared images from the scene showing just how close the driver came to […]

Record-breaking heat will simmer the mercury towards a staggering 110F as parts of America boil in a ‘true Indian Summer’.Rocketing temperatures and dry winds, though, threaten a spate of late-season wildfires, authorities warn.As the remains of killer Hurricane Helene pull away to the east, the west is braced for tropical warmth.Southwestern regions are in the firing line for the peak of the heatwave, although summer temperatures will stretch to northern […]

Britons should brace themselves for a rainy start to September after the Met Office issued a rare “danger to life” weather warning.A severe rain alert, which will see up to two inches of rainfall across a couple of hours, has been issued for large parts of England and some areas of Wales.The alert covers the east of England, south east, east Midlands, west Midlands, south west, London and parts of […]

Britain could be facing an unusually stormy autumn thanks to the knock-on hit from a ‘supercharged’ Atlantic hurricane season.Around four of five of the possible 20-plus tropical storms threatening America could ‘recurve’ off the US coast and head towards northern Europe.Hurricanes are impossible in the UK, quickly dying as they leave steamy southern equatorial waters for the north Atlantic.However, their remnants are frequently steered towards Britain by the jet stream […]

Swathes of the UK have been slapped with a yellow thunderstorm warning, bringing an abrupt end to a recent spell of nationwide balmy weather.Southeast England had sweltered under a hot spell in which temperatures soared to near 30C in parts of the country - but as September begins, it's a gloomier outlook for millions of Britons.The yellow warning, which began in the early hours of Sunday, covers most of England, […]

The US hurricane season is about to explode amid warnings the sixth tropical storm of the year – Francine – is on the way.Meteorologists have urged Americans during the next month to brace for an ‘uptick in tropical threats’.September traditionally brings a storm peak, but unusually high ocean temperatures and atmospheric volatility could deliver a supercharged season.Late summer delivered a taste of the might of the Atlantic, most notably in […]

Britons have been warned they face "disruptive" thunderstorms and "additional hazards" as the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning across much of England and Wales.The thunderstorm warning is in place from 4am and 9pm tomorrow. It will stretch across the East Midlands, East of England, London & South East England, North East England, North West England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands and Yorkshire & Humber.The UK's national weather […]

Britons will be able to don their T-shirts at the start of autumn with temperatures to rise under a lid of high pressure.Sometimes known as a ‘heat dome’, a high-pressure ‘anticyclone’ of dry, settled weather will creep in from the west next week.Although weather models vary, meteorologists generally agree the start of September promises to make up for what has been lacking through much of summer.After a wet and thundery […]