By Andre Rhoden-Paul & Alex Binley BBC News Image source, Luke Phillips/PA WIre Image caption, Roads haveactually flooded around the UK, consistingof in Port Talbot Parts of Scotland haveactually been struck by a week’s worth of rain in simply 24 hours as downpours batter the UK after days of hot, dry weathercondition. Heavy rains has led to flooded roadways throughout England and Wales. The Met Office provided yellow thunderstorms cautions in both countries, with travel interruption, power cuts and lightning possible. The Environment Agency hasactually released almost 20 flood notifies for locations of Midlands and south-east England. The rainy conditions will continue to relocation south through the day, following the longest heatwave in 15 years in south-east England – with temperaturelevels passing the limit of 28C (82F) on 9 successive days. Have you been impacted by the storms? Get in touch through e-mail here.Image source, Leon Neal/Getty Images Image caption, London, like much of the south of England, hasactually seen its veryfirst appropriate rains in weeks Image source, Luke Phillips/PA Wire Image caption, More flooding in Port Talbot By 07: 00 BST, Strathallan near Perth, hadactually seen 55.2mm (2in) of rain fall in less than 24 hours. This is 71% of the 77mm the location typically sees in August. The heavy rain led to flooding on tracks in the location and a signalling fault, while speed constraints of 40mph (64km/h) were put in location throughout large swathes of the rail network. Houghton Hall in Norfolk saw 17mm (0.7in) of rain in the area of an hour on Tuesday afternoon. Footage and pictures shared on social media revealed torrential rain and floodwater sweeping through towns throughout southern England and Wales, consistingof Newquay in Cornwall, Bishop’s Tawton in Devon, Haywards Heath in West Sussex, Port Talbot in south-west Wales, and Bridport in Dorset. Other interruption triggered by the rainy conditions consistsof: BBC Weather speaker Jennifer Bartram stated while heavy rain in August is not uncommon, it “is maybe triggering issues as a outcome of how dry it’s been in the lead up”. She included heavy showers and thunderstorms will continue overnight and into Wednesday, endingupbeing progressively restricted to southern England and East Anglia as the day goes on – with the continuing
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