The Met Office has issued an urgent update to a weather alert issued on Thursday. Thunderstorms are set to strike across a vast area of the country today with the national weather service advising that the area of effect has now changed.

More rain is forecast to hit Gloucestershire on Sunday as yet another Met Office weather warning is issued. After the torrential rain on Friday caused localised flooding and clean-up operations on Saturday,

Weather forecasters have warned that conditions caused by heavy rain over the weekend could turn life-threatening, with showers likely to persist into next week