Environment Agency posts 147 flood warnings in England and Wales after heavy downpours
Almost 150 flood warnings remain in place across Britain after more heavy rain fell overnight.
While the Met Office is forecasting the rains to finally ease off on Friday, heavy downpours on Thursday night have increased the number of flood warnings in effect.
Continue reading...Meadowhall in Sheffield says those who wish to stay can, due to ‘extreme conditions’ outside
People trapped by flood water in a shopping mall near Sheffield have been told they can leave but were warned there will be severe delays due to “extreme weather conditions”.
People at the Meadowhall shopping centre had earlier been told to stay put by police and not to attempt to leave the mall after flooding left roads gridlocked.
Continue reading...Flooding also forecast in nine areas of south-west England and Welsh borders
Strong winds have brought down trees and scaffolding, leaving cars damaged and travel plans disrupted as gusts of more than 80mph hit parts of the UK.
Flooding was expected in nine areas of south-west England and the Welsh borders, and a band of heavy rain may affect northern Scotland later on Saturday.
Continue reading...Threat of widespread flooding and landslides compounded by earthquake in Chiba prefecture
At least seven people have been killed and 15 left missing after the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in decades paralysed Tokyo, flooding rivers and putting millions under evacuation warning before it ploughed up the north-eastern coast.
Authorities lifted rain and flood warnings for the Kanto region around a becalmed Tokyo before dawn on Sunday but imposed them on areas further north after super-typhoon Hagibis blasted through the capital.
Continue reading...Met Office says 78 flood warnings and 191 flood alerts in place on Tuesday morning
The Met Office has warned of torrential rain and thunder in parts of Britain.
Some regions are expected to receive the equivalent of two weeks’ worth of rain in less than an hour on Tuesday. There were 78 flood warnings and 191 flood alerts across the country by 7.30am.
Continue reading...Northern England will face most severe weather conditions and up to 70mm of rain could fall at highest areas
Parts of England and Wales are bracing for further heavy rain with forecasters warning up to 70mm could fall in some areas.
Northern England is set to see the heaviest rain, with weather conditions so severe, Sunday’s Cycling World Championship route from Leeds to Harrogate was shortened from 284.5km to 261km. Riders were taking a shortcut from near Aysgarth to Leyburn to avoid dangerous roads.
Continue reading...While temperatures in the UK were just about tolerable last summer, Europe faced serious extremes
Last year brought the summer of the heatwave. As Britain baked in sunshine, the England men’s football team even managed to reach a World Cup semi-final.
But while temperatures in Britain remained just the right side of uncomfortably hot, much of Europe experienced serious extremes, in the continent’s warmest August on record. And far from being confined to the area around the Mediterranean, even Scandinavia had worryingly hot weather.
Continue reading...Residents told to leave Whaley Bridge after heavy rains damage reservoir above town
Hundreds of homes were evacuated in a Derbyshire town on Thursday when a dam threatened to burst after being damaged during extreme rainfall.
Around 1,400 people in 400 houses in Whaley Bridge were told to leave their properties with just minutes’ notice due to “an unprecedented, fast-moving, emergency situation” caused by heavy downpours.
Continue reading...Data also shows that none of Britain’s coldest years have happened since 1963
The UK’s 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 2002, the Met Office has said. Its statistics stretching back to 1884 reveal a worrying trend, as the planet as a whole deals with the climate crisis.
In a further indication of how the climate is heating up, the records show that none of the UK’s 10 coldest years have occurred since 1963.
Continue reading...Roads closed in north-west after Manchester area gets two weeks’ worth of rain in 24 hours
Thunderstorms are expected to hit parts of the UK this week with a risk of more flooding following a weekend of heavy downpours.
Commuters woke up to road closures and diverted trains after parts of Greater Manchester were hit with two weeks’ worth of rain in 24 hours.
Continue reading...Weather may spark storms, travel delays, and power cuts as temperatures head towards 39C
Britain could bake under record-breaking heat as temperatures could potentially climb to 39C on Thursday.
The scorching conditions may spark thunderstorms which could trigger travel delays, flash flooding, and power cuts.
Continue reading...Writtle in Essex was hottest on Wednesday at 34.3C; highest on record was 38.5C in 2003
Britain experienced the hottest day of the year – so far – on Wednesday, and temperatures are anticipated to break records again on Thursday.
The Met Office said the highest temperature recorded on Wednesday was 34.3C at Writtle near Chelmsford in Essex, followed by 33.9C in Cavendish, Suffolk. The previous highest temperature of 2019 was 34C at Heathrow at the end of June.
Continue reading...Met Office issues yellow warning for Scotland before sunshine breaks through later in week
Britain will experience a brief heatwave this week, but not before a storm brings torrential rain and strong gales to some areas.
The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for western parts of Scotland on Sunday and Monday, with thunderstorms, heavy rain and a risk of flooding. Rain and strong winds were also forecast to hit parts of Northern Ireland, north-west England and Wales on Sunday.
Continue reading...Nearly 80% of cities to undergo dramatic and potentially disastrous changes, study finds
London will have a similar climate in three decades’ time to that of Barcelona today, according to research – but if that seems enticing, a warning: the change could be accompanied by severe drought.
Madrid will feel like present-day Marrakech by 2050, and Stockholm like Budapest, according to a report on the likely impacts of the climate crisis. Around the world, cities that are currently in temperate or cold zones in the northern hemisphere will resemble cities more than 600 miles (1,000km) closer to the equator, with damaging effects on health and infrastructure.
Continue reading...Emergency services were called after man was seen struggling along with teenage girl, who made it out of water
A 21-year-old man has died after he got into difficulty in a reservoir in Staffordshire.
Emergency services were called after the man and a teenage girl were seen struggling in the water in Burntwood at about 6pm on Sunday.
Continue reading...Temperature hits 30.8C in Surrey with London forecast to be hotter than Hawaii
Britain has recorded its hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures predicted to soar as high as 35C (95F) in London and southern England.
Shortly before midday on Saturday the Met Office said a temperature of 30.8C had been recorded in Charlwood, Surrey, and that it could approach the all-time record for June of 35.6C, reached in Southampton in 1976.
Continue reading...Kent and Sussex worst hit by floods but high temperatures expected later in the week
Flooding and train cancellations have hit parts of England at the start of a week in which temperatures are expected to rise above 30C (86F).
Almost half a month’s worth of rain fell in just a few hours in some areas on Tuesday morning, with Kent and Sussex being the worst hit.
Continue reading...Military helicopters are drafted in to repair broken bank of River Steeping in Wainfleet
Hundreds of homes have been evacuated in a Lincolnshire town following severe flooding as the local MP warned that residents are “by no means out of the woods yet”.
Residents in at least 590 homes in Wainfleet and Thorpe Culvert were told to leave as waters continued to surge on Saturday.
Continue reading...Temperatures in south-east could reach 29C though it will be cooler in the north
The UK is forecast to record the hottest day of the year so far as temperatures are set to soar this weekend.
According to the Met Office, the south-east of England could reach 29C on Saturday, 0.5C higher than the joint warmest days of the year so far, on 19 April and 15 May.
Continue reading...New mobile system to be launched this year ‘will put lives at risk’
The introduction of 5G mobile phone networks could seriously affect weather forecasters’ ability to predict major storms.
That is the stark warning of meteorologists around the world, who say the next-generation wireless system now being rolled out across the globe is likely to disrupt the delicate satellite instruments they use to monitor changes in the atmosphere.
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