Flights cancelled as UK thunderstorm warnings in force

Thousands of radical person had flights cancelled, with upwind warnings for rainfall and thunderstorms successful unit crossed the UK.

The Met Office has warned conditions could origin disruption, including powerfulness cuts, flooding, and bid and autobus cancellations.

Dozens of flights were axed implicit Sunday and Monday astatine Gatwick and Heathrow airports owed to terrible weather.

Meanwhile, lukewarm temperatures are owed to stay passim the week.

Three yellowish upwind warnings are successful spot crossed the UK connected Monday betwixt midday and 21:00 BST.

Thunderstorms and torrential downpours with the hazard of lightning and hail could bring disruption to Wales and parts of England.

Slow moving thunderstorms are besides forecast for the westbound of Northern Ireland and overmuch of Scotland.

The Met Office warns powerfulness cuts and flooding of homes could occur, on with cancellations to trains and autobus services.

The Environment Agency has issued 14 flood alerts crossed the Midlands, specified is the interest implicit dense showers could nutrient ample amounts of aboveground water.

Gatwick Airport successful West Sussex is encouraging passengers to interaction their hose for further accusation owed to the thunderstorms expected passim the day.

Thunderstorms successful the southbound of England connected Sunday led to formation cancellations, with knock-on cancellations connected Monday owed to planes being retired of position.

EasyJet axed implicit 50 flights to and from Gatwick Airport connected Sunday, and a akin fig connected Monday. More than 15,000 easyJet passengers person been affected.

The hose has apologised to customers for the disruption they said was "out of their control".

A spokesperson said: "We are doing each imaginable to minimise the interaction connected our customers, providing those connected cancelled flights with options to rebook oregon person a refund arsenic good arsenic edifice accommodation and meals wherever required."

BA chopped six flights to and from Gatwick and astir 20 betwixt London's Heathrow Airport connected Sunday, with a fewer cancellations of Heathrow flights connected Monday owed to the knock-on effect.

Monday volition stay a precise lukewarm time for astir but besides precise wet, according to the Met Office. Meteorologist Dan Stroud said determination could perchance beryllium "a month's worthy of rainfall falling".

The forecast comes aft a play of lukewarm temperatures and dense rainfall.

Kew Gardens successful south-west London recorded 32C connected Sunday, with overmuch of UK sporting higher temperatures than Monaco and the French Riviera, wherever temperatures remained successful the debased 20s.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has besides issued an amber alert for blistery upwind until 0900 BST connected Tuesday successful the West Midlands, East Midlands, eastbound of England, South East and South West.

It means precocious temperatures could impact each ages and interaction the wellness service.