People are being told to prepare for flooding (Picture: SnapPhotography)
The Met Office has warned that thunderstorms – with the possibility of 40-50 mm of rainfall – are set to hit parts of England.
A yellow weather warning has been issued for 12 hours, from 10am until 10pm, today.
The Met Office said flooding of a few homes and businesses is ‘likely’ across the areas of London, Bath, Oxford, Portsmouth, Brighton and Norwich.
There is also a ‘good chance’ that driving conditions will be affected by standing water or hail, leading to longer journey times by car and bus.
Large parts of England will be affected until 10pm today (Picture: Metro.co.uk)
Delays to train services are also on the cards, while some short term loss of power and other services is likely.
The weather service said: ‘Showers and thunderstorms will spread from the southwest, as well as developing over land, during the morning, lasting through the afternoon and well into the evening.
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‘Whilst some areas will miss these, where they develop 20-30 mm of rain within 2-3 hours, with a small chance that a few places could receive 40-50 mm over a longer period – especially across the southeast of the area this evening.
‘Hail and lightning will be additional hazards, with a risk of temporary hail accumulations in places.
‘In addition, heavy showers and thunderstorms will be associated with strong and gusty winds in the south of the warning area at times with 40 mph gusts possible.’
No warnings have been issued about the weather tomorrow, and further heavy showers and thunderstorms are not expected across England.
All regions and local authorities affected:
East Midlands
East of England
Bedford
Cambridgeshire
Central Bedfordshire
Essex
Hertfordshire
Luton
Norfolk
Peterborough
Southend-on-Sea
Suffolk
Thurrock
London & Southeast England
Bracknell Forest
Brighton and Hove
Buckinghamshire
East Sussex
Greater London
Hampshire
Isle of Wight
Kent
Medway
Milton Keynes
Oxfordshire
Portsmouth
Reading
Slough
Southampton
Surrey
West Berkshire
West Sussex
Windsor and Maidenhead
Wokingham
Southwest England
Bath and North East Somerset
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
Bristol
Dorset
Gloucestershire
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
Swindon
Wiltshire
West Midlands
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
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