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Thunderstorm warning for Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

Thunderstorm warning for Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

BBC News12 hours ago
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms for parts of the East of England.The warning covers Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk and is in place from 07:00 BST until 19:00 on Sunday. The Met Office said thunderstorms were expected and driving conditions could become difficult. A spokesperson said: "Within the warning area, 15mm (6in) and 25mm (10in) of rain is expected quite widely, much of this falling within two or three hours at any given place."
Where repeated thunderstorms happen, 40-60 mm of rain is possible, they added.
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