The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for thunderstorms affecting parts of southern and eastern England, including London. The weather warning runs from 4am Saturday to 11am Saturday and comes amid a number of other less severe yellow warnings.
The Met Office said: “Areas of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms will move northwards during the early hours of Saturday, with torrential downpours in places. Accumulations of 20-40 mm are possible in 1 hour, and where heavy downpours persist, then as much as 70-100 mm could accumulate in just a few hours. Significant impacts are possible if this occurs over more urban areas.”
“The more widespread heavy rain should clear to the north during Saturday morning, but additional scattered heavy showers and a few thunderstorms could develop during Saturday afternoon and early evening, this risk is covered by the much larger Yellow thunderstorm warning.”
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