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Watersprouts are fairly common in the UK on days like today where some atmospheric instability is in place within a fairly volatile air mass. This image was sent into ys from Deal, the Kent coast around 30 mins ago (14:20), showing the beginnings of a watersprout, essentially a funnel cloud out to sea. Elsewhere across…

Some scattered thunderstorm activity has developed over southern England. One cell has developed just south of Yeovil on the south coast. One cell around 15 miles NE of Oxford and a few minor cells on the Essex / East Kent coast. Some minor surface water flooding possible here this afternoon. Stay tuned to local radio…

Several lanes of the i-10 were closed following a large fire from a chemical plant south of the motorway. Southerly winds dragged the smoke cloud several miles north towards the cities of Sulphur and Lake Charles. Residents here have also been told to shelter. The current situation remains stable and the fire is largely in…

Several lanes of the i-10 were closed following a large fire from a chemical plant south of the motorway. Southerly winds dragged the smoke cloud several miles north towards the cities of Sulphur and Lake Charles. Residents here have also been told to shelter. The current situation remains stable and the fire is largely in…

A flash flood event is underway in parts of Cornwall and Devon following intense rainfall this afternoon. Over an inch of rain has fallen in many areas, meaning there is a heightened risk of surface inundation this evening in rural routes across the area. Impacts to travel therefore likely, including as this storm heads westwards…

LATEST UPDATE – Hurricane Laura. Category 2 hurricane. Maximum sustained winds: 100mph. Movement north at 15mph now through Alexandria, LA, producing surface winds of 48mph with gusts of 79mph. Last night Hurricane Laura made a catastrophic landfall on the Louisiana coastline at Cameron, with sustained winds of 150mph on impact. The damage reports from Lake…