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It came as a big surprise. A strange yellow shiny thing has been spotted in the sky above some people’s heads in the UK leaving people scratching their heads with confusion. Could be aliens? Posted in satire.   “It’s big, yellow, it’s shiny and I can’t quite remember what it is. It reminds me of…

(Image credit: Meteociel.fr) It’s no heatwave – and it’s short lived – but it will certainly feel significantly warmer by Tuesday of next week. For some of you, Feeling more like how it should for the time of year. High pressure is set to become established across Europe, Spain and France, and this will help…

A major incident has been declared by South Wales Police following a severe flooding incident in the area. Text below – South Wales Police via @danwnews. Whilst river levels slowly subside across Wales, standing water and damage still means conditions are dangerous in this area and pose a risk to life. The earlier Met Office…

Passengers of East Midlands train this afternoon were struck by a landslide caused by flooding, it is believed that an evacuation is underway however it is unclear whether there are any injuries from this unfortunate event. The incident happened near Corby, Northamptonshire at around 5:45pm this evening, on a train from Nottingham to London. A…

(Thumbnail picture credit: “rawsoa” via instagram) It has been reported that people are beginning to “swim” in the mud at Download festival to get out of it. Warning: strong language and humor! In the last few days we’ve seen numerous met office rain warnings, environment agency flood alerts & warnings. Some parts of Lincolnshire have…

The Met Office has issued further weather warnings for many parts of the UK, more especially focused on more northern parts of the UK into Thursday. Parts of Lincolnshire have seen twice the monthly June rainfall average in just 48 hours, with some stations recording 120-130mm, around 5 inches, of rain. Through this evening and…