South and east England, Midlands and Wales to be hit by storms on Tuesday, with north of England affected on Wednesday

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Thunderstorms and potential flooding have been forecast for large parts of the UK on Tuesday, prompting weather warnings from the Met Office.



Storms were expected to hit the south and east of England, the Midlands and Wales on Tuesday evening, while the north of England would be affected on Wednesday, forecasters said.

Oli Claydon, a Met Office spokesman, said some areas would see between 20mm and 30mm of rainfall in an hour.

“The whole of southern England and Wales will be affected by thunderstorms and potential heavy downpours,” he said.

The Met Office said there was also a chance of large hailstones and localised flooding of homes, businesses and roads.

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Frequent lightning might bring disruption to power networks on both days across all regions, it added.

Claydon said the storms would cover a much wider area on Wednesday, “taking up all of Wales but stopping before Scotland”, from the early hours through to 8pm.

He added: “There will be scattered storms and some areas could see 30mm of rainfall in an hour, while there could be rainfall of up to 50mm in two to three hours in some areas.”

The warnings come after a spell of warm, dry weather across the country which has brought highs of 31C (87.8F).