A low-pressure system is set to engulf most of the country, potentially causing up to 80mm (3.1 inches) of rain to fall within a few hours. This could lead to flooding and travel disruptions, posing "a danger to life" in some areas.

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An amber weather warning for severe thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office advising of the risk of “intense rainfall frequent lightning, hail and gusty winds”. The warning has been issued for parts of East Anglia and eastern parts of East Sussex and Kent to last between 8pm on Friday until 5am on Saturday.

The Met Office has issued a rare amber thunderstorm warning for the Southeast of England from 8pm Friday until 5am Staurday.

Two weather warnings are in place today for storms - and a further warning is in place for Friday and Satutday - as the weather changes from 25.9C sunshine to gloomy skies

Met Office modelling shared on Friday afternoon suggests a band of thunderstorms could hit London between 9pm and 11pm. It is possible, however, that the storms will narrowly miss London to the east. The forecast, shared by the Met Office on X, comes with the message: “Some lively weather is on it's way.

The Met Office has issued an updated yellow thunderstorm alert for Wales marking three full days of storms across the country. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected to hit parts of Wales on Friday and Saturday after downpours caused some flooding on Thursday.

Thunderstorm warnings are stretching from Northern Ireland, down south through western England and Wales on Thursday.

The severe weather alert runs from 6pm until 11.59pm today in southern parts of Gloucestershire as well as the South West of England and most of Wales. A second warning runs from midnight to 6pm on Saturday, covering western parts of Gloucestershire, a large swathe of England, Wales, and up to just south of Edinburgh.

The Met Office has issued an amber warning for thunderstorms across some parts of Kent and Sussex and the east of England. The warning, which stretches from Eastbourne, Sussex, in the south up to Cromer in north Norfolk, says thunderstorms are likely from Friday evening into the early hours of Saturday.

The Met Office has revealed more than 30,000 lightning strikes hit the UK on Friday night (June 13) as thunderstorm warnings continue