Torrential downpours battered parts of United Kingdom, with one part of Essex hit on more than an inch of rain in one hour.
Andrewsfield in Essex reported 36.4 mm (1.43 in) of rain in early hours of Thursday, when heavy rains and storms swept through the east and southeast. of England.
BUT yellow thunderstorm warning is in place for London and southeast, east of England and East Midlands until 15:00 – with Forecasters say floods are likely amid “heavy downpours”.
Dagenham Heathway station in east London has been closed. on Thursday morning due to flooding caused due to heavy rain, and several of exits were closed at Charing Cross station in central London.
The weather bureau warned of challenging driving conditions and some road closures due to spray and standing water. Train delays and possible losses of power and other services are also probably.
The Environmental Protection Agency published six alerts for areas where there are floods possible.
Warnings come after a period of dry weather which led to the declaration of drought in the areas of England, with dry grass and struggling harvest, drying streams up low levels of rivers, reservoirs and aquifers. hose bans were delivered in for millions like waves of heat pushed up demand for water.
By Wednesday, the UK as a whole had just 46%. of average total precipitation for August.
bank holiday mostly drought expected with warm sunny spells, although possibly wetter in in north-west.
temperature can climb up to 30C (86F) or mid 20C depending on on how The Met Office reported that high pressure was building up. A spokesman for Graham Madge said: “We have definitely moved from a hot and dry regime to a rainy regime. in forecast.”
While showers will mean this month will be a catch up a little” with rainfall, he said: “Definitely, it will be a dry August. for whole of United Kingdom.” And he said some areas hadn’t had significant rainfall since mid of June to last a week.
“We had below average rainfall for such a long time, it will take a period of above average rain to do it up”, he warned.
weather bureau set bring out its seasonal forecast for probable conditions over in next a few months next a week.
this is possible for in weather turn around: severely dry summer of 1976 was accompanied by rain, which meant that the level of precipitation reached up with middle towards the end of autumn.
But scientists warn that the climate crisis is making weather extremes more heatwaves, droughts and heavy rains likely to intensify events it may lead to flash floods.
