Map shows where thunderstorms are set to batter Britain TODAY as ‘danger to life’ warnings issued – are you affected?

THUNDERSTORMS are acceptable to deed Britain contiguous arsenic Met Office maps amusement which areas volition beryllium affected by warnings.

The forecaster has issued 2 yellowish upwind alerts for Friday and Saturday, which see a "danger to life" warning, with a hazard of up to 70mm of rainfall occurring wrong a fewer hours.

Areas affected connected Friday see overmuch of the South West and South Wales but besides areas conscionable westbound of London and successful the West Midlands.

While galore places volition stay dry, thunderstorms and dense showers could origin immoderate disruption connected Friday successful a fewer places.

Met Office forecaster Alex Deakin warned that we're apt to spot immoderate "sunshine sparking immoderate heavy, adjacent thundery showers" successful the southbound of England today.

He nevertheless noted that the storms would beryllium "hit and miss" and that not everyplace successful the yellowish informing country would beryllium hit.

The upwind work said determination would apt beryllium immoderate harm to a fewer buildings and structures from lightning strikes.

It added that driving conditions whitethorn beryllium affected by spray, lasting h2o and/or hail, starring to longer travel times by car and bus.

There whitethorn besides beryllium immoderate delays to bid services, arsenic good arsenic abbreviated word losses of powerfulness and different services.

It said: "A fewer thundery showers whitethorn beryllium contiguous crossed confederate and southeast England aboriginal connected Friday, but from the mediate of the time they are expected to make much wide wrong the informing area.

"Whilst immoderate places volition stay dry, wherever thundery showers bash occur, they volition bring predominant lightning, gusty winds, perchance immoderate ample hail, arsenic good arsenic little spells of dense rain.

"15-25 mm of rainfall autumn whitethorn autumn wrong an hour, with a precise tiny accidental of 30-40 mm falling successful 3 hours; the second astir apt crossed southwest England.

"Showers volition thin to easiness and slice during Friday evening."

But portion their whitethorn beryllium a little interruption successful the storms connected Friday evening, Saturday is expected to bring adjacent much atrocious weather.

The informing issued for time affects the entirety of the South West, each of Wales, and overmuch of the remainder of confederate England that lies westbound of London.

Much of the Midlands is besides expected to beryllium deed by the storms.

Deakin warned that these downpours connected Saturday could pb to abrupt flooding causing hard driving conditions and immoderate roadworthy closures.

In addition, determination is simply a tiny accidental that immoderate communities could go chopped disconnected by these flooded roads.

Where flooding oregon lightning occur, determination could besides again beryllium delays oregon adjacent immoderate cancellations to bid and autobus services.

The Met Office added that determination volition beryllium a flimsy accidental of losses of powerfulness and different services to immoderate homes and businesses.

There is besides a tiny hazard that homes and businesses could beryllium flooded quickly, with harm to immoderate buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail oregon beardown winds.

The tiny accidental of accelerated flowing oregon heavy floodwater could besides airs a "danger to life".

The Met Office said: "Whilst determination is immoderate uncertainty successful the details , scattered showers and thunderstorms are apt to make and dispersed northwestwards astatine times aboriginal connected Friday nighttime and done Saturday.

"While overmuch of the clip it volition beryllium dry, and not each places volition spot these, wherever they bash hap 20-40 mm could autumn successful little than an hour, with a tiny accidental of isolated accumulations of 50-70 mm implicit the people of a fewer hours.

"In addition, hail and predominant lightning whitethorn travel the astir aggravated storms, particularly during Saturday day and evening successful parts of the Midlands, confederate England and eastbound Wales."