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17 minutes ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
UK weather: Yellow warning for thunderstorms as heatwave intensifies
A yellow warning for thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office - as a nationwide heatwave intensifies. The Met Office alert is in force from 3pm on Saturday until 4am on Sunday. Forecasters said: "The most intense thunderstorms could produce frequent lightning, large hail and gusty winds, along with some heavy downpours for a time." The warning covers parts of the East and West Midlands, North East and North West of England, Wales and Yorkshire. Check the weather forecast where you are Travel disruption is possible - with a "small chance" of power cuts and some communities being cut off by flooded roads. It comes as high temperatures continue to dominate, with the UK potentially on track to break records for the warmest day of the year so far for the second day in a row. An amber heat health alert is currently in force across England, and highs of 32.2C (90F) were recorded in Kew Gardens, west London, on Thursday. Temperatures are forecast to widely reach the low 30s today - with 33C (91F) possible in places. Sky News weather producer Jo Wheeler said: "Temperatures will peak on Saturday with the potential for 34C (93F) somewhere in the Midlands or South East, but fresher conditions will already be moving into the West." She added that some places will miss this weekend's thunderstorms altogether - but where they hit, driving conditions will be "challenging" because of surface water. "As we go into the coming week, it'll be cooler, fresher and more unsettled." The record for the highest-ever June temperature is 35.6C (96F) and was set all the way back in 1976. Read more UK news:Chris Brown pleads not guilty to attempting to cause GBH Meanwhile, firefighters are warning that the dry and hot conditions have resulted in them responding to 564 wildfires across England and Wales so far this year - a 717% increase compared with the same period a year ago. This is also more than double the number seen in 2022, which went on to be the worst year in history for wildfires. The National Fire Chiefs Council is urging Britons to be cautious when enjoying the outdoors. Chairman Phil Garrigan said: "We are deeply concerned about the escalating threat of wildfires this summer, which have the potential to become more frequent, intense, and dangerous - particularly in areas where communities border the countryside."
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30 minutes ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Knuckleheads' Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz roasted for being ‘clueless' on Iran
Attorney Elica Le Bon claims the debate between conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and US Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Iran was 'comedic relief'. 'You have two knuckleheads debating each other about a country that none of them knows anything about,' Ms Le Bon told Sky News Senior Reporter Caroline Marcus. 'The most clueless people are claiming to represent what Iranian people want, and neither of them are even interested in listening to what Iranian people want. 'They just have absolutely no knowledge or interest in what's really going on in Iran.'
Sky News AU
an hour ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Just destruction': Israelis are ‘resilient' amid constant Iranian bombardment
News Corp Europe Correspondent Sophie Elsworth says Israelis have managed to stay resilient despite constant bombardment from Iranian missile strikes. 'I've been to quite a few scenes of these attacks around Tel Aviv, and it's just destruction,' Ms Elsworth told Sky News Senior Reporter Caroline Marcus. 'It's chaos … people are just, sort of, in shock, I think, but also they're very resilient here.'
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an hour ago
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‘Traumatised': Repeated sirens cause Israelis immense anxiety
News Corp Europe Correspondent Sophie Elsworth says a lot of Israelis are traumatised by the recent Iranian strikes in Israel. 'There's a lot of people here who are very traumatised,' Ms Elsworth told Sky News Senior Reporter Caroline Marcus. 'Every time they hear, sort of, a loud bang or some sort of siren going off, they're, sort of, looking around and thinking 'what is that?' There's just this state of anxiety.'
News.com.au
an hour ago
- Business
- News.com.au
What the Israel-Iran conflict means for the oil market
ANZ Senior Commodity Strategist Daniel Hynes breaks down three potential scenarios concerning the Israel-Iran conflict's impact on the oil market. 'Certainly, tensions have ratcheted up over the past week,' Mr Hynes told Sky News Business Reporter Edward Boyd. 'We've sort of broken it down into three main scenarios: one being we get an extended conflict where Israel and Iran exchange missiles, but we don't see any sort of major supply disruptions. 'Things could escalate, and that would certainly bring greater risk to the oil market – we'd potentially see a huge amount of supply at risk, particularly through the Strait of Hormuz. 'The final scenario being that the conflict essentially subsides.'
