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Severe weather warnings issued for much of Britain, and 19 flood alerts | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A third of a month's rain could fall in only a few hours on Thursday as torrential downpours and thunderstorms hit parts of the UK. | |
Severe weather warnings covering much of the country have been issued by meteorologists, while the Environment Agency has implemented 19 flood alerts. | Severe weather warnings covering much of the country have been issued by meteorologists, while the Environment Agency has implemented 19 flood alerts. |
The Met Office said areas in Scotland, northern England and southern parts of Britain could see in excess of 30mm (1.2in) of rain in two or three hours. | |
The average rainfall in the UK for the whole of August is 89mm. | |
Yellow "be aware" warnings for rain have been issued for many regions covering most of Thursday. | Yellow "be aware" warnings for rain have been issued for many regions covering most of Thursday. |
The Met Office said on its website: "The public should be aware of the risk of localised surface-water flooding, with the added hazard of lightning in some areas." | The Met Office said on its website: "The public should be aware of the risk of localised surface-water flooding, with the added hazard of lightning in some areas." |
Met Office spokeswoman Nicola Maxey said the conditions were fairly typical for late summer, and the downpours were expected to have passed by Thursday night. | |
"It is just some unstable air that is moving through, creating this rain. It will clear through by the end of the day." | "It is just some unstable air that is moving through, creating this rain. It will clear through by the end of the day." |
The rain comes after the tail-end of Hurricane Bertha caused the wettest 24-hour period of the year, at the weekend. |
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