The Met Office has this morning issued a huge yellow alert for thunderstorms which are set to hit large parts of the UK tomorrow. The yellow warning runs from 9am until midnight tomorrow and the forecaster said it could include flooding of homes and businesses, with damage to some buildings from water, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds
The warning also means that driving could be made dangerous by conditions with the possibility of disruption to power supplies through lightning. The alert covers most of England including the north west, West Midlands, East Midlands, South East England the North East and South West, parts of Wales and Scotland too.
It comes on top of a heat-health alert which was issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office yesterday - which is in place for six regions in England and which says that temperatures will potentially top 30C. It is in place from 12 noon on Friday 7 July to 9am on Sunday 9 July.
