A night of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms has caused travel delays and damaged a care home in West Sussex. Thunderstorms hit southeast England overnight - with a Met Office warning in place until 10am. In southwest England and Wales a similar storm warning was in place until 8am Thursday morning. However, the wet weather may be sandwiched between two of the hottest days of 2024 so far.
Temperatures could reach 24C Marco Petagna, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said that some places could see the warmest weather of the year on Thursday, with temperatures reaching as high as 24C. This comes after Wednesday saw temperatures peak at their highest of the year so far as well, at 22.1C. However, even as it becomes warmer, more thunderstorms could come on Thursday afternoon. 'After a night of storms, the rain will ease in the south of England for a while,' Mr Petagna said.