Yellow thunderstorm warning for East of England

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms for most of the East of England.

The warning covers Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Suffolk and is in place from 07:00 BST until 19:00 on Sunday.

The Met Office said thunderstorms were expected and driving conditions could become difficult.

A spokesperson said: "Within the warning area, 15mm (6in) and 25mm (10in) of rain is expected quite widely, much of this falling within two or three hours at any given place."

Where repeated thunderstorms happen, 40-60 mm of rain is possible, they added.

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