The Latest Breaking News from Met Office

Sadiq Khan issues dead of night flash flooding warning as thunderstorms threaten London

A yellow thunderstorm warning has been issued for London on Wednesday

Evening Standard · Aug 25

Met Office issues warning as up to 30mm of rain in one hour forecast

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The Independent UK · Aug 25

Large parts of UK under thunderstorm and flood warnings today – full list of regions

The Met Office has warned of flooding, power cuts and disruption across the country

The Independent UK · Aug 25

Why you suddenly feel colder than it actually is

IN FOCUS: Jumpers on and shivering even when the thermometer says 23C? You’re not alone, writes Helen Coffey – there’s science behind why your internal thermostat seems confused this year

The Independent UK · Aug 23

'Biggest El Niño' in over a century could make 2027 hottest year on record

A potentially record-breaking El Niño could make 2027 the hottest year on record, with Britain's Met Office forecasting the strongest such event in more than a century and warning of severe droughts and extreme rainfall in parts of the world. India is already seeing below-normal rainfall as the weather pattern…

The Times of India · Aug 22

Google and the UK government are looking to remove aircraft contrails using AI

Researchers are working with the Met Office, the UK Government, and Google on Operation Blue Skies to use AI to reduce the incidence of contrails over the North Atlantic.

TechRadar · Aug 22

Warning over extreme weather and food prices as ‘unprecedented’ El Nino builds

The natural phenomenon in the Pacific, which affects global weather, is ‘turbocharging’ worsening impacts of climate change.

Evening Standard · Aug 21

What is El Nino – and is the weather phenomenon linked to climate change?

Meteorologists warn El Nino could contribute to record global temperatures and the hottest year ever in 2027

The Independent UK · Aug 21

What is El Nino and why could 2027 be the hottest year on record?

El Nino describes the warming of sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, occurring every few years. The phenomenon disrupts weather patterns globally, while the last El Nino intensified global heat and led to severe droughts, flooding, marine heatwaves and coral bleaching. US meteorologists at the National Oceanic and…

The Independent UK · Aug 21

This year's El Nino set to be strongest in more than a century, UK forecasters say

Britain's Met Office has predicted sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific will reach an "unheard-of" level of potentially more than three degrees above average, triggering severe droughts across South America and the West Pacific. Such an event would have serious knock-on effects for global food security.

France 24 · Aug 21