Weather News

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 […]

A tropical anticyclone about to lock horns with storms heading in from Europe will unleash an explosive late-spring deluge.Thunder, lightning and torrential downpours are back on the menu as the weather ‘swingometer’ throws the taps back on.Government storm warnings have been issued ahead of mid-week with further wind and rain forecast through the end of May.The Azores High – an ‘anticyclonic’ high-pressure system in the sub-tropical Atlantic which drives hot […]

The Met Office has issued new yellow rain and thunderstorm alerts, warning of "disruption and flooding" across Britain that is set to last for three days.Today, there are three separate thunderstorm warnings that span much of the UK, with the first in Northern Ireland coming into effect at 8.00am this morning.A rain warning covering much of the Midlands and the North then begins at 00.15am tomorrow and lasts until the […]

The UK is heading for a period of storms and wet weather, forecasters have warned, just days after the country enjoyed consistent 20C temperatures for the first time this year.Much of England and Wales had basked in summery temperatures on Sunday, but data from the Met Office and MetDesk is pointing to a positively dour week in comparison.Met Office maps show that much of the country will push the mid-to-high […]