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UK weather: Exact time yellow rain warning will hit as heavy downpours & ‘tornado’ batter Britain – with more to come
MORE weather warnings have been put in place just hours after Brits were drenched and thunderstorms boomed across the country.
The Met Office has warned the wet weather could last for days - with yellow rain warnings in place for parts of the country.
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It comes after what could have been a mini tornado ripped through a Sussex street, the Met Office said.
Now, yellow weather warnings are in place for the northwest England and Wales.
The forecasters' warnings are in place for 36 hours from 6am tomorrow.
They warned warned homes and businesses are likely to flood, and electricity could be affected.
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It comes after hundreds of Brits woke in the night as the torrential rain bucketed down and gales battered homes.
In Sussex a "weak tornado" may have been to blame for shattering windows, the Met Office said.
Photos showed rubbish bags covering car and home windows on a Littlehampton street this morning, where trees were brought down and brick fences knocked over.
The forecaster told The Sun: "It is possible that some of this vorticity (spin) could have been stretched by the strong convective updraughts and formed a short-lived/weak tornado.
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"We have no observational evidence to support this, but it is possible."
Police this morning warned of A roads across the country potentially being forced to shut as a result of the heavy downpours.
Cops in Leicestershire and Humberside told motorists to take care, and said they could be met with flooding on their morning commute.
Elsewhere in Corfe Mullen, near Poole and Bournemouth, fires ripped through homes amid thunderstorms.
Dramatic footage shows the blazes ripping through homes after being struck by lightning.
The local fire service said told nobody was injured but it took crews five hours to get the inferno under control.
Locals in Yorkshire said they jumped as they woke to the loud claps of thunder throughout the night.
One wrote on Twitter, now known as X: "Just been woken up by the loudest thunder I’ve encountered in my life.
"Absolutely s*** myself."
'INCREASINGLY WINDY'
Another said: "Was it thunder? Sounded way too loud for that and didnt rumble after.
"Honestly thought it was a bomb it was that loud. Sonic boom maybe?"
Meanwhile, the Met Office said today was likely to see: "Thundery showers in the east clearing as a band of rain, already across the west quickly pushes east during the morning.
"Turning fresher with showers, heavy at times, following during the afternoon. Increasingly windy."
It warned this evening would see showers lingering, mostly along western coasts, with a risk of blustery gales.
Forecasters said the rest of the week is likely to remain "changeable", with more warnings of wet weather - and cooler temperatures.
The Met Office yesterday said Devon and Somerset saw more than 4in (100mm) of rain in 24 hours, above the September average of 3.4in (87mm).
'RAIN HAS BEEN BIBLICAL'
Flooding saw the closure of Exeter Airport and Paignton Zoo, both in Devon.
Trains were cancelled and roads turned into rivers and a cop warned of “small lakes forming” on parts of the M5.
Hundreds of households lost their power supply and a lightning strike brought down a bedroom ceiling when it hit a home in Totnes, Devon.
The resident suffered minor injuries.
Householders used sandbags as water rose. One said: “The rain has been biblical. It came on so fast.”
Met Office expert Jonathan Vautrey said: “Some quite potent thunderstorms are developing.
“They will bring torrential downpours with hail and lightning possible.”
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The unsettled conditions are expected to continue throughout the week as the tail end of Hurricane Lee sweeps in from the Atlantic.
Mr Vautrey added: “It could be quite an unsettled, autumnal week to come.”
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