The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms covering a large chunk of the UK later today. The national forecaster has slapped the seven-hour alert on three regions: North East England, Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian & Borders, and Central, Tayside & Fife.
Weather experts predict that power cuts are likely, while weather alerts add that “slow-moving heavy showers and thunderstorms may lead to some travel disruption and flooding in a few places”. It stated: “Possibly some flooding of a few homes and businesses leading to some damage to buildings or structures as well as some damage to a few buildings and structures from lightning strikes.”
Central, Tayside & Fife
Falkirk
Fife
North East England
Darlington
Durham
Gateshead
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
Northumberland
Redcar and Cleveland
South Tyneside
Stockton-on-Tees
Sunderland
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
East Lothian
Edinburgh
Midlothian Council
Scottish Borders
West Lothian
