12 July, 2012

Unseasonably wet weather looks set to pile more misery on UK residents as thunder and torrential rain will plague the tail end of this week.

Metro.co.uk reports that the Environmental Agency has issued three flood warnings and 26 flood alerts across England while the Met Office has issued a severe weather warning up until Friday.

The severe weather warning encompasses 'the whole of Devon and Cornwall' as well as most of the wider Westcountry.

Dorset was badly hit by the conditions, with the A35 shut due to flooding and remaining closed in both directions between the A37 and A3066 on Wednesday morning. Rising river levels also saw some homes in Stour evacuated.

Helen Roberts, forecaster for Met Office, confirmed that even wetter weather is on its way.

Cited by thisiscornwall.co.uk, she said: "The reason we have got warnings out is largely because of the already saturated ground rather than particularly heavy rain fall levels. Our warning system is based on a combination of the probability of the weather happening and the impact it could have.

"Friday will see more persistent rain which could be quite heavy. We may also have some thunder and strong winds, particularly by the end of the week," she added.

Source: Vertical Leap