Homes have been flooded, train stations closed and roads closed off in this week's flash floods.
The wettest part of the country was St James’s Park, where 41.8mm of rain fell in a matter of hours – nearly the average for the whole of July.
Thunderstorm warnings are in place for much of the Midlands and northern England between 9am on Tuesday and 6am on Wednesday. A second storm warning covers most of Scotland for 12 hours from noon on Tuesday, while a yellow rain alert is in place for all of Wednesday and the early hours of Thursday. A Met Office spokesperson said: ‘The current dominant weather pattern of the UK is set to be a spell of low pressure, bringing with it some more persistent rain from Tuesday and into Wednesday, with some slow moving heavy rain expected over Scotland on Wednesday in particular.
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