Thunderstorms and further flooding will hit parts of the UK on Friday as the Met Office issued fresh warnings for 64 areas.Huge swathes of the country are under a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms, as authorities warned flooding is expected in two areas.The Met Office urged people to expect disruption to public transport and potential flooding on roads, while those in the most at-risk areas have been told to prepare an emergency kit.It comes after significant flooding hit parts of the UK on Wednesday. Residents in Perry Barr in Birmingham were left under “three feet of water” after thunderstorms caused a local brook to burst its banks, leaving cars stranded and water up to a metre in the worst-affected homes.A thunderstorm warning is in place covering swathes of England and Wales (Met Office)The thunderstorm warning covers parts of the East Midlands, east of England, Oxfordshire, north-east England, north-west England, south-west England, Wales, the West Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber. The warning comes into force at midday and ends at 9pm.Authorities have issued flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected, and flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible, for 31 areas on Friday. The Environment Agency has issued two flood warnings and 29 flood alerts across London, the Midlands, and the north of England.It comes after weather warnings were also issued for thunderstorms across the UK on Wednesday, dropping up to 50mm of rain across a 12-hour period in some places.Flood warnings and alerts are in place across several areas (Environment Agency)Some heavy rain is expected on Friday, particularly in the north of England and Scotland. Elsewhere, showers will become increasingly widespread, locally heavy with isolated thunder, alongside sunny spells, forecasters said.Thundery showers and heavy rain could return over the bank holiday weekend as a band of wet weather moves eastwards, but brighter conditions are expected next week.Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said: “To sum up the bank holiday weekend, it’s going to be pretty unsettled; there will be some sunny moments in between if you can dodge the downpours.“It’s not going to be a complete washout. If you’ve got outdoor plans over the weekend, keep a close eye as there will be rain moving in across most parts.”Full list of areas covered by thunderstorm warningEast MidlandsDerby Derbyshire Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Rutland East of EnglandBedford Cambridgeshire Norfolk Peterborough London & South East EnglandOxfordshire North East EnglandDarlington Durham Hartlepool Middlesbrough Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees North West EnglandBlackburn with Darwen Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cumbria Greater Manchester Halton Lancashire Merseyside Warrington South West EnglandGloucestershire WalesBlaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Wrexham West MidlandsHerefordshire Shropshire Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Telford and Wrekin Warwickshire West Midlands Conurbation Worcestershire Yorkshire & HumberEast Riding of Yorkshire Kingston upon Hull North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Yorkshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire York
Fresh thunderstorm warnings issued for 64 areas amid flooding concerns – full list
The Environment Agency has warned of further flooding as thunderstorms expected to hit














