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A YELLOW weather alert has been issued for heavy thunderstorms and lightning with Brits being battered by wild weather.

The UK is being met with flooding, hail, wild wind and the Met Office has warned that homes could be damaged by lightning.

Heavy rain and 50mph winds are on the way
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Heavy rain and 50mph winds are on the wayCredit: Getty
Gravesend in Kent suffered a flash flooding event this morning
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Gravesend in Kent suffered a flash flooding event this morningCredit: Rex
There were heavy downpours across the South East today
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There were heavy downpours across the South East today
Rain hit London, Kent and the South-East with alerts in place
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Rain hit London, Kent and the South-East with alerts in place
A Yellow weather warning is in place today
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A Yellow weather warning is in place today

The alert, covering parts of the southeast, the midlands and the north of the country is in place until 1pm.

Forecaster have warned that homes and businesses could be flooded quickly.

They say some buildings could be damaged from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds.

And there is a chance that power cuts could occur and other services to some homes and businesses could be lost

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Meanwhile there is a risk of travel chaos - as where flooding or lightning strikes occur trains and buses could be cancelled.

It comes as a jet stream is sweeping across the UK, bringing with it the wet weather.

Speaking in the Met Office 10 Day Trend, Presenter and Meteorologist Alex Deakin said: “Low-pressure is going to dominate things for the next ten days, bringing spells of wet and windy weather and also some quite high temperatures.

It’s this low pressure that’s helping to draw warmer air up from the south, even though unsettled weather will be possible through the weekend and into early next week.  

He added: “Because of that warmer air for the next several days, it’s going to be warmer than average by day and particularly warmer than average across the south at night. 

“Between these weather fronts, there will, at times, be spells of sunshine and when the sun is out it’s going to feel quite mild.”

And forecasters predict temperatures could soar as high as 20C in the coming days - four degrees warmer than the average for this time of year.

October's highest temperature ever recorded in the UK was 29.4C in the small market town of March, Cambridgeshire, on the first day of the month in 1985.

Forecasters have been hailing the warm weather as an "Indian Summer".

It means a period of unseasonably warm, dry and calm weather which can make for an Autumnal heatwave.

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It is usually followed by a period of colder weather or frost in the late Autumn.

Today the mercury will reach a maximum of 19C and it will be mainly cloudy with grey skies and showers, heavy during the afternoon.

Heavy rain causing spray for drivers on the M25 near Swanley in Kent
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Heavy rain causing spray for drivers on the M25 near Swanley in KentCredit: LNP
A jet stream is bringing low pressure to the UK
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A jet stream is bringing low pressure to the UKCredit: MET Office
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