More thunderstorms are set to batter Britain as the turbulent weather following this week’s record-breaking heatwave intensifies, the Met Office has warned.
The alert comes after lightning strikes sparked house fires and more than 800 flights at Heathrow and Gatwick were delayed, with dozens more cancelled as storms swept across parts of the UK.
Heat records were broken on three consecutive days from Wednesday, reaching a provisional peak of 37.3C in Santon Downham in Suffolk on Friday, and Saturday saw a high of 32.3C in the same location.
An amber warning for extreme heat has been extended but the record-breaking hot spell is
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