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Hundreds of schools are shut, some for a fourth day, as weather warnings including an amber alert remain in place across many parts of the country.

The Met Office's latest weather radar map shows how cold it will be across the UK overnight for the rest of the week.

Travel chaos is set to grip the UK yet again with more than 200 warnings and alerts threatening more floods - as temperatures plummet and torrential rain continues.

It's set to be another cold start to the week in Greater Manchester - with Met Office snow and ice warnings remaining in place until lunchtime today.

Another weather warning has been issued for parts of Greater Manchester as the cold snap continues in the north of England. Met Office forecasters have warned up to 15cm of snow could fall on higher ground overnight.

Scotland's yellow alert is in place from 10am on Monday, November 13, until 10pm, covering Angus, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

The Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning ahead of Storm Babet hitting the UK - with rain forecast to fall across Greater Manchester tonight.

The Met Office has warned that people all across the UK will be subjected to intense winds, heavy rain and potentially thunderstorms in the coming days.

Brits across the country might want to start wrapping up warm after the Met Office warned of plummeting temperatures.

weather warnings have been placed across the UK as Brits brace themselves for horrifying thunderstorms.The Met Office issued the the amber and yellow warnings ahead of the severe weather, which will see torrential downpours, flooding and travel disruption follow the current heatwave.An amber warning has been given to Northern Ireland from late this afternoon (August 14), while Scotland has also been hit with a yellow warning at the same time.READ MORE: Flying ants set to terrify Britain after country melted in scorching 35C heatwaveMost of the rest of the UK will be hit from late Monday morning.A Met Office spokesman said: "Thunderstorms likely to bring torrential downpours causing travel disruption and, in a few places, flooding."And Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly said: “The current hot weather will make way for a thundery breakdown from the west, which will spread south and east in the early part of next week."Ahead of this, isolated but intense thunderstorms are possible Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

experts might have warned everyone to stay in doors and keep hydrated, people largely ignored the advice and taken to the country's beaches.The UK has been basking in 35c heat, with some parts – mainly Arsenal's Emirates stadium - even hitting 53c in direct sunlight earlier today (Saturday, August 13).

heatwave is set to make way for thunderstorms with 15 weather warnings having been issued across large parts of the UK for Monday (August 15).One extreme set of meteorological conditions look set to be replaced by another, with the national weather service saying: "While some places stay dry, hit-and-miss thunderstorms will develop from Sunday night and on Monday, and may bring disruption in places."READ MORE: Bloke threatened to 'find policeman on the dark web' and 'torture his family'Forecasters said the storms were likely to be isolated and intense bringing 50mm of rain in some places and the possibility of hail and frequent lightning.There is a small chance that some homes and businesses could be flooded quickly, the Met Office warned,“with damage to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds”.The Met Office has also warned that where flooding or lightning strikes occur, there is a chance of delays and some cancellations to train and bus services.Spray and sudden flooding could also lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures.Jason Kelly, deputy chief meteorologist, said: “We’re continuing to monitor how these thundery showers develop on Tuesday and Wednesday next week."There’s a chance of some quite intense downpours at times for some areas and we’re refining the likely location of these in the coming days.”To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.While some places will avoid them, thunderstorms are likely to develop increasingly widely as we go through to Monday.Storms will probably already be underway for Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland by early Monday, before also developing across parts of England and

Today (Friday 17 June) will be the hottest day so far this year, with temperatures peaking at a scorching 34C in some southern areas of the UK. Greater Manchester will be swapping its typical rain for sun, with highs of 27C forecast for this afternoon as conditions remain dry but cloudy at times.

weather will get even balmier across the UK this week after the record for the hottest day of 2022 was broken, say forecasters.A new bar was set for the rest of the year yesterday (June 15) when the Met Office recorded an impressive 28C at St James Park in central London — but it looks like this might be topped again in just a matter of hours.Some forecasters are even predicting sweltering highs of 34C on Friday (June 17), which is only four degrees shy of the all-time UK record.Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Jason Kelly, said; “The heat is a result of a mix of home-grown warming due to a high pressure over the southern half of the UK, as well as a south westerly airflow bringing warm air, which has been over continent through the week, across the country.”“This is the first spell of hot weather this year and it is unusual for temperatures to exceed these values in June.

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Scotland is braced for more torrential rain and thunderstorms today. After enjoying a record-breaking heatwave this week, which included the hottest day of the year so far on Thursday, Scots woke up to a downpour yesterday morning.