UK weather: Parts of Devon and Cornwall hit by heavy rain and flooding as thunderstorms begin | UK News
Heavy rain and flooding have hit parts of Devon and Cornwall as thunderstorms begin to sweep across South West and East England.
Video shared on social media shows a roundabout near a river in Truro, Cornwallflood quickly when there is a shower.
An amber thunderstorm warning has been issued by the Met Office for the county, as well as Devon and Somerset, with possible flooding of homes and businesses.
Get a five-day forecast of your location
People have also been warned that there may be power cuts, rapid or deep flooding, endangering lives, disrupting transport and communities due to flooded roads.
One man, Ruan Sims, said the water level was the highest he had ever witnessed in Cornwall.
“It’s pretty crazy. We’ve never seen it so high,” the garage manager said.
“It didn’t go into the garage, but it got right to the wall.”
He added that the water came in suddenly when the rain started, but then receded about 10 minutes later.
There is a yellow thunderstorm warning
Yellow thunderstorm warning has been issued Released for most of the UK on Tuesday and southern England on Wednesday.
Storms have developed in east coast counties such as Essex, Suffolk and Lincolnshire.
Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said: “There have been areas of the country that have mostly seen heavy showers today, in the south-west of England.
“We’ve seen some flooding in parts of Cornwall and Devon,” he continued, adding that there had been “very difficult driving conditions, flash flooding, some hail accompanied by thunderstorms and thunderstorms and thunderstorms, and we’ve seen some flooding in the area. some lightning”.
“There is a lot of potential for tomorrow to be as impactful as it is today,” he said.
Inverness in Scotland was hit by heavy rain on Sunday, with footage and photos shared online showing water leaking through the ceiling of a cinema and flooding a Tesco store.
‘Prepare for flash floods’
In London, residents have been told to prepare for flash flooding in the event of torrential downpours.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he had written to “tens of thousands” of households living in homes that could be affected.
Read more:
What happens during a drought and how can you help?
How little rain does your area have compared to previous years?
“We learned a lot from last year in July when there was a flash flood caused by a huge amount of rain – two months of rain – in just a few hours and people’s homes, facilities, etc.,” he said. Businesses and public transport were flooded,” he said.
“We are concerned that over the next few days we could see a short period of heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.”
Last year, some train stations and subway stations were forced to close due to heavy rain.
Weeks of high temperatures and dry conditions
It comes after weeks of light rain and high temperatures caused drought in some parts of the country.
Due to the dry ground, experts have warned of a higher chance of flooding as surfaces act “a bit like concrete” and water escapes instead of seeping through.
Professor Hannah Cloke, a hydrologist at the University of Reading.
Subscribe to the daily podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Speaker
On how it could affect cities and towns, she said: “If you get a heavy downpour in a city, the sewer system can cope up to a point, but if there’s a real rain… big, it can overwhelm the system – rain can’t run. go fast enough.”
On Friday, the National Drought Group moved parts of the South West, parts of southern and central England and all of eastern England into official drought status, while six water companies informed newspaper ban faucets.