The Met Office has issued five tips to follow during a thunderstorm, as the UK is set to face severe weather conditions over the next few days. A yellow weather warning has been put in place from tonight at 12am until tomorrow (July 19) at 9pm for most of England and Scotland, with an amber alert in place in areas of southern England.

Thunderstorms set to batter the UK this weekend could pose a danger to life in some areas, the Met Office has said as it issued an amber weather warning. Heavy rain with some thunder could create “fast flowing or deep floodwater,

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for thunderstorms affecting parts of southern and eastern England, including London.