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Heavy showers hit parts of UK after thunderstorm warning issued
Heavy and thundery showers are battering southern parts of England amid a yellow thunderstorm warning. The alert is in place until 9pm on Thursday, covering areas including Bristol, Oxford, Southampton, London, Kent and Ipswich. Forecasters said 25 to 35mm of rain could fall in as little as an hour in some parts of the warning zone, and areas may see up to 60mm in a few hours. Hail and lightning are possible and there is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded quickly, the Met Office said. Rain halted the fifth cricket Test between England and India at The Oval in south London on Thursday afternoon. A flood alert was issued by the Environment Agency (EA) because heavy rainfall is causing water levels to rise in the River Cole. Low lying land and roads are expected to flood, particularly in the Lower Stratton Area, Swindon, the EA said. The weather could delay buses and trains, cause difficult conditions on the roads, and there is a slight chance of power cuts, the Met Office said. Thunderstorms started in the western part of the warning area and are moving eastwards as the day progresses. A spokesman for the Met Office, Stephen Dixon, said: 'It's important to note that not everywhere within that warning area will see those kind of rainfall totals. 'It's a thunderstorm warning and thunderstorms by their very nature are fairly hit and miss. 'So some areas will see significantly less in the way of rainfall, but where you do see those heavier bursts of rain there's the potential for some impacts which has resulted in that warning.' Temperatures could reach 27C in some places but it will not feel that warm, Mr Dixon added. The risk of thunderstorms will subside later in the evening and die out overnight. Elsewhere the UK will mainly be cloudy, with some showers in south-western and south-eastern parts of Scotland. 'It's a bit of a messy meteorological set up over the UK,' Mr Dixon said. Further weather warnings may be issued for Monday as there is a 'fairly good degree of confidence' that the UK will be hit by 'some very strong winds and some heavy rain', he added. 'Really what we're looking at in the medium-range forecast period is the potential for some unseasonably wet and windy weather on Monday.' Friday is expected to start with showers that weaken through the day. They will be more frequent in central and eastern parts of England, the Met Office said. Saturday will be a 'fine day for many' with dry but not particularly warm conditions, Mr Dixon added. Some rain is expected to move in from west to east during Sunday and will affect much of the UK. RAC spokeswoman Alice Simpson said: 'With a yellow weather warning in place for thunderstorms, drivers need to take extra care behind the wheel this afternoon. 'There could be home-time hold-ups from Bath to Kent if major routes are hit by heavy rain, as this can lead to flooding and obstructions from fallen trees and debris.' She warned motorists to avoid driving through floodwater 'which can cause serious vehicle damage and even loss of life' and highlighted the risk of aquaplaning, where a thin layer of water causes the wheels to lose contact with the road.
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'Please let me make it through': Inside Detroit Metro Airport's flooded tunnel
The Brief Heavy rains on Monday caused significant flooding in Romulus, including the Detroit Metro Airport, which experienced a ground stop and inaccessible terminals. Over 2.5 inches of rain fell in just over an hour in Romulus, leading to major traffic backups and delays for travelers trying to enter or leave the airport. Drivers are advised to avoid flooded areas, as seen by one traveler's harrowing experience driving through deep water, and a passenger facing a two-hour delay after a long international flight. ROMULUS, Mich. (FOX 2) - When Monday's heavy rains dumped several inches of water on Southeast Michigan, Romulus was hit the hardest, with over 2.5 inches of rain in a little more than an hour. The rain fell so hard and so fast, a ground stop was issued at Detroit Metro Airport and McNamara Terminal was inaccessible due to flooding. The driver said she was leaving the Delta terminal and driving down Dingell Drive through the tunnel, as deep water was flowing. "Dear God, please let me make it through," the woman at the wheel could be heard repeating as she anxiously drove through floodwaters. She was able to get through the water, but this is highly recommended against. If you see standing water, turn around and go a different way or wait out the water. Big picture view One man added at least two hours to his road trip home to Novi after flying 30 hours from India. Massive flooding in Romulus and in tunnels leading to and from Detroit Metro Airport prompted major traffic backups and frustrating delays. Sreeni Reddy zoomed with FOX 2 from his Uber ride home to Novi after a summer vacation in India. "Somebody at the airport came in and then said both of the tunnels are flooded so nobody can get in, get out of the airport," he said. "We cross seven oceans but not two tunnels, I guess. We booked an Uber ride and then the ride kept saying 7 minutes, 10 minutes and then kept changing. We didn't know what was going on." It unfortunately got worse from there. "We were stuck at the airport for more than 90 minutes after nearly 30 hours of travel," Reddy said. The Source Information from Storyful and from previous reports on FOX 2 was used in this report. Solve the daily Crossword
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8 more people die in flooding as heavy rain lashes China
Eight people died in extreme Chinese weather. 18 are still unaccounted for. Extreme rains delivered a year's worth of rain in less than a week in some areas. Extreme weather killed at least eight people in the city of Chengde just outside the Chinese capital Beijing, with 18 still unaccounted for, as heavy rainfall pounded the hilly region over the past week. The deaths occurred in villages within the Xinglong area of Chengde in Hebei province, state-run Xinhua reported late on Wednesday citing local authorities, without specifying when or how the people died. Work is still under way to locate those missing, Xinhua said. Set against mountainous terrain, Chengde was known as a resort town for Qing dynasty emperors to escape Beijing's heat in the summer centuries ago. Extreme rains that began last Wednesday have lashed Beijing and surrounding regions, pouring a year's worth of rain in less than a week in some areas and killing at least 30 in the outskirts of the capital. READ | 30 dead, 80 000 residents relocated as 'intense volume of rainfall' hits China Twenty-eight of those deaths occurred in hilly Miyun district. The deaths in Chengde occurred in villages which border Miyun situated about 25km away from the Miyun reservoir, the largest in China's north. The reservoir saw record-breaking inflow and outflow of water, and overall water level and capacity during this round of rainfall which devastated nearby towns. At its peak on Sunday, up to 6 550 cubic metres of water - about 2.5 Olympic-sized pools - flooded into the reservoir every second, pushing its capacity to a record high of 3.63 billion cubic metres since it was built in 1960. The villages where eight have died sit on higher elevations in a valley, upstream of the Miyun reservoir. In another village to the north of the reservoir, a landslide on Monday killed eight people while four remained missing. Extreme rainfall and severe flooding, which meteorologists link to climate change, increasingly pose major challenges for Chinese policymakers, with officials partially attributing a slowdown in factory activities to heavy rains and flooding.
