Met Office issues thunderstorm warnings with heavy rain

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms which is in place for brighton to Canterbury and warned the south coast and Scotland are expected to be hit the worst.

A Met Office statement said, “Heavy showers and thunderstorms will continue to run across southeast England through the rest of this afternoon and evening, these most frequent over Sussex and Kent.

“In some places, downpours could produce 10-15 mm in less than an hour, while a few locations which see repeated heavy showers and thunderstorms, could see a further 30-50 mm during the remainder of Thursday.

“Drier conditions are expected to gradually become established by around midnight, except in parts of coastal southeast Kent, where heavy showers may continue into the early hours of Friday.”