Heavy rain has caused flooding across the UK this weekend, shutting down rail services and trapping cars. "We will see a North West/ South East split, with the South East holding onto the drier weather for longer." Meteorologists said because long periods of heat have been interspersed with high levels of rain and flooding that people forget the good weather. Ms Mitchell added the cause of the torrential rain and thunderstorms is down to the fact that July was so hot. She said: “We’ve had quite a lot of warm weather and there was a heatwave during the middle part of July.

Source: Daily Mirror August 08, 2021 18:22 UTC