Berks weather alert:Met Office warning of thunderstorms and possible flooding

The Met Office is warning of thunderstorms and possible flooding in Berkshire. The weather agency has issued a yellow thunderstorm alert for the county between 7pm today (May 18) and 3am tomorrow (May 19) and comes amid warmer than average temperatures.

A Met Office spokesperson said: "Developing showers and thunderstorms are likely to intensify across parts of the warning area through the evening, before easing away eastwards after midnight. Quite a lot of places will probably avoid the heaviest rain and thunder, but others could experience torrential downpours and frequent lightning, while large hail and strong wind gusts may also affect a few places.

"Central parts of southern England are perhaps most likely to see impacts. Rainfall amounts will be highly variable, as is usual in such situations, but the wettest spots perhaps seeing around 25mm of rain inside an hour, and a possibility that somewhere could catch over 40mm in two or three hours."