Met Office ramps up storm warning to AMBER with three-day deluge starting ...

Met Office ramps up storm warning to AMBER with three-day deluge starting ...
Met Office ramps up storm warning to AMBER with three-day deluge starting ...

Further deluges are expected across much of the UK as the Met Office ramped up their storm warnings to amber with as much as 80mm of rain set to fall amid the horrific wave of flooding which has devastated homes and businesses. 

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for much of Wales and northern England, and an amber weather warning for Scotland.

But while heavy showers will continue throughout the week, meteorologists said sunny spells will break through the gloom.

The July washout will then be followed by a scorching second half of August caused by an African plume which will cause temperatures to rise and bring hot summer weather to the UK's shores. 

It comes after heavy flooding caused cars to become submerged in Yeovil yesterday and Tube stations were forced to close while a London hospital cancelled surgeries and evacuated 100 inpatients. 

Further deluges are expected across much of the UK as the Met Office ramped up their storm warnings to amber with as much as 80mm of rain set to fall

Further deluges are expected across much of the UK as the Met Office ramped up their storm warnings to amber with as much as 80mm of rain set to fall

 

Dark storm clouds linger over Sophia Gardens stadium in Cardiff during the Hundred match between Welsh Fire and Southern Brave

Dark storm clouds linger over Sophia Gardens stadium in Cardiff during the Hundred match between Welsh Fire and Southern Brave

Met Office chief meteorologist Steve Willington said: 'Yellow warnings are in place across much of the UK, away from the south, for thunderstorms and heavy rain over the coming days.

'Scotland, however, is expected to see some of the heaviest rain and amber warnings for thunderstorms and also rain have been issued here.'

Meanwhile 15 flood alerts have been announced by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, for areas including Aberdeenshire, Dundee and Angus, Fife and West Central Scotland.

Stephen Dixon, a spokesperson from the Met Office, said there was an amber weather warning in place from 6am on Wednesday to 6am on Thursday in Inverness.

A car is parked in a partially flooded road in Deptford, south-east London after a wave of flooding has devastated parts of Britain

A car is parked in a partially flooded road in Deptford, south-east London after a wave of flooding has devastated parts of Britain

Holidaymakers on the beach at the seaside resort of West Bay in Dorset enjoy some hot late afternoon sunshine amid the flooding elsewhere

Holidaymakers on the beach at the seaside resort of West Bay in Dorset enjoy some hot late afternoon sunshine amid the flooding elsewhere

The July washout will then be followed by a scorching second half of August caused by an African plume which will cause temperatures to rise and bring hot summer weather to the UK's shores

The July washout will then be followed by a scorching second half of August caused by an African plume

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