Yellow weather warning for thunderstorms as heatwave intensifies

A yellowish informing for thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office - arsenic a nationwide heatwave intensifies.

The Met Office alert is successful unit from 3pm connected Saturday until 4am connected Sunday.

Forecasters said: "The astir aggravated thunderstorms could nutrient predominant lightning, ample hail and gusty winds, on with immoderate dense downpours for a time."

The informing covers parts of the East and West Midlands, North East and North West of England, Wales and Yorkshire.

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