The Met Office has issued an urgent yellow weather warning as thunderstorms are set to hit the city.
The warning started at 11.30pm today (Thursday, May 11) and initially included parts of London, Peterborough, Manchester, Leeds and Middlesbrough. At around 3.30pm the warning was updated and now includes the North West including Liverpool, Wirral, Cheshire and Lancashire.
The Met Office said people in the city should expect heavy showers and thunderstorms until 7pm tonight. They also warned people there would "likely" to be travel disruption and flooding.
