17410 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weather-thunderstorms-and-downpours-to-cause-travel-disruption-this-weekend-12049837Thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain are set to hit parts of Britain this weekend, with flooding expected to cause travel chaos - as forecasters warned of an end to the heatwave. The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for large areas of England and Wales for the next three days.Sat, 15 Aug 2020 19:59:00 +0200skynews-aead4e964ba16c98a1d58c02fa8b522f20200815195900https://www.lbcnews.co.uk/uk-news/uk-weather-forecast-flooding-alerts-thunderstorms-met-office/Five flood alerts have also been issued in the Midlands amid warnings of flash flooding that could cause travel disruption. On Saturday afternoon and evening, England and Wales will experience widespread cloud, scattered heavy showers and some “intense downpours”, the Met Office said.Sat, 15 Aug 2020 18:08:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-91ca0fd9b56ef53e7627bc545dcfd33720200815180800https://www.heart.co.uk/news/uk-world/uk-weather-thunderstorms-and-downpours-to-cau/Thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain are forecast to hit parts of Britain this weekend, with flooding expected to cause travel chaos. The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for large areas of England and Wales for the next three days.Sat, 15 Aug 2020 16:56:00 +0200heart-6cabdb955c7d59b551b3485120d2977220200815165600https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/weather/thunderstorms-and-downpours-to-cause-severe-travel-disruption/ar-BB17ZNOs© Getty Storms are forecast to hit the UK this weekend Thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain are forecast to hit parts of Britain this weekend, with flooding expected to cause travel chaos. The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for large areas of England and Wales for the next three days.Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:55:00 +0200msn-uk-db35ddbf57122ce29eab9914c88a4fef20200815155500