Weather forecasters have warned that conditions caused by heavy rain over the weekend could turn life-threatening, with showers likely to persist into next week

The Met Office has issued a third thunderstorm warning covering a large part of Wales. The Met Office has said that more warnings could be put in place over the weekend as a new one for Sunday was issued on Friday morning.

Britons have been told to brace for 24 hours of heavy rain by the Met Office - just hours after two consecutive days of thunderstorms. In a new yellow warning issued on Friday, almost all of Wales and the whole of southwest England are set for "potential disruption" throughout all of Sunday,