A tornado could batter parts of the UK today, the Met Office has warned, as southern England is hit by heavy rain following the driest start to spring in nearly six decades.
Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said it was 'not out of the question that we could see a funnel cloud, maybe even a brief tornado' across parts of the south east of England on Wednesday.
He added there is a risk of thunder, lightning and hail in the UK's southern regions and that there is a 'bit of a north-south split in our weather through today'.
'Northern parts having a lot of fine, sunny weather, meanwhile in the south we've seen some wet weather push its way in,' he said.
'And there will be further showery bursts to come as we go through the rest of today.'
