UK weather: What is causing THUNDERSTORMS sweeping Britain? Met Office REVEALS ALL
Hopes the UK would be treated to a sunny May half-term break have been dashed already as parts of the country braces for continued flash floods and thunderstorms.
More than 30 flood alerts were in place for England on Tuesday, with more alerts continuing into Wednesday as the Met Office warned to prepare for travel disruption and power cuts.
And the weather agency has forecast further potential flash floods, poor visibility, heavy rain and balmy temperatures over the coming days.
Grahame Madge, spokesperson for the Met Office, told Express.co.uk: “We have issued weather warnings for the next few says in connection with intense rainfall that we are expecting to affect quite a large part of Southern Britain and the rest of the UK on Friday.”
"There is set to be a belt of thundery activity moving in from Europe that will hit the southeast of England tomorrow, before turning even stormier on Friday.
“The systems we’ve got coming in on Thursday are developing in continental Europe, travelling across from Belgium and Northern France, moving across south Britain tomorrow. They’ll be imported.
“But on Friday there will be a lot of homegrown systems with the heat and moisture that we have in the atmosphere over the UK.”