After severe drought – “life-threatening” thunderstorm warning | news

Britain’s extreme summer weather has been replaced by heavy rain and thunderstorms across the country.

Heat, reaching 40 degrees, has gripped the country since early July, and several extreme heat warnings have been issued during the month. Many of those warnings were replaced by thunderstorm warnings on Monday. In Northern Ireland, England’s SMHI estimates, Meteorological OfficeThunderstorms are life-threatening.

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The Met Office writes that fresh thunderstorms signal a change in what weather will dominate the UK in the coming weeks; High risk of heat, humidity and severe thunderstorms.

But while the heat is expected to persist, parts of the country will also be hit by heavy rains. Rain has caused flooding in Scotland since the weekend.

– Some places in the north could see about 50 millimeters of rain in three hours, and other parts of the south could see about 30 millimeters of rain in three hours. The Met Office’s chief meteorologist, Jason Kelly, commented in a press release that hail and frequent thunderstorms could be part of the storm and contribute to additional risk.

It was England’s hottest July since 1935, and although rain is expected for a long time, the Met Office fears flooding could occur in southern parts of the country as the ground is too dry to absorb large amounts of water.