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The forecaster has issued a 24-hour weather warning for heavy showers and thunderstorms, covering much of England and eastern Wales on Monday.
By Astha Saxena
Weather maps show parts of the UK hit by heavy rain and thunderstorm (Image: WXCharts)
The Met Office has issued a new weather warning of thunderstorms and lightning that will affect several parts of the country. The weather alert could bring power cuts, localised flooding some cancellations to train and bus services.
The forecaster has issued a 24-hour yellow warning for heavy showers and thunderstorms on Monday, September 2, covering most of the UK, while a separate weather warning is in place for Sunday, covering much of England and eastern Wales from 4am to 9pm on Sunday.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris, said: “The risk of thunderstorms steadily transfers northwards through Sunday afternoon and into the early evening."
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The Met office has issued a yellow warning of thunderstorm for several parts of the UK (Image: WXCharts)
The warning for Sunday indicates there will be "disruption from heavy showers and thunderstorms."
The alert, which took effect at 4am covers a swath of central England from the Isle of Wight to Newcastle upon Tyne.
In Wales, the areas of Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen, and Wrexham are impacted. The Environment Agency has seven flood alerts currently in place.
The updated warning comes a day after the Met Office issued a yellow alert on Saturday.
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— Met Office (@metoffice) September 1, 2024⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Thunderstorms across parts of England, Wales and Scotland
Monday 0000 – 2359
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Full list of areas affected:
East Midlands
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Leicester
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland
East of England
- Bedford
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Luton
- Peterborough
London & South East England
- Bracknell Forest
- Buckinghamshire
- Greater London
- Hampshire
- Isle of Wight
- Milton Keynes
- Oxfordshire
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Slough
- Southampton
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- West Sussex
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Wokingham
North East England
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
North West England
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Halton
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- Warrington
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian
South West England
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
- Bristol
- Devon
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire
- North Somerset
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- Swindon
- Wiltshire
Strathclyde
- South Lanarkshire
Wales
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
West Midlands
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands Conurbation
- Worcestershire
Yorkshire & Humber
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Kingston upon Hull
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- York
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