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    Home - Crime - Police ‘praying for heavy rain’ to stop more riots tonight | UK News
    Crime Updated:August 7, 2024

    Police ‘praying for heavy rain’ to stop more riots tonight | UK News

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    Police ‘praying for heavy rain’ to stop more riots tonight | UK News

    Police ‘praying for heavy rain’ to stop more riots tonight | UK News

    Police’s ‘prayers have been answered’ as heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to sweep across the UK potentially deterring any more riots.

    The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning covering much of England and Wales except the far South West and North West lasting all day.

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    It comes after the UK has seen the hottest days of the year so far, which may have exacerbated the far-right riots seen across the UK following the murders of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar.

    Former Metropolitan Police detective Norman Brannan told Metro: ‘Hot weather and large groups leads to an outburst of violence.’

    Tuesday was the warmest day so far, reaching 32°C, which saw members of the English Defence League throwing bricks and flares at police in Southport, with a van even set on fire.

    More than 100 people were arrested across London and Hartlepool last night over more riots, which saw continued violence.

    Not many areas will escape the storms today.

    But this evening’s heavy rain may help dull tensions as wet weather puts rioters off from wanting to stop out.

    Mr Brannan said: ‘Police officers pray for heavy rain. It dulls spirits and deters people from turning up.’

    And the weather is meant to be worse than just wet, with ‘frequent lightning’ expected and some areas set to see a month’s rainfall in a few hours today.

    The government has issued flood alerts for parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, while London and the South East are also at risk from surface water flooding and potential travel disruption.

    Deputy chief forecaster Dan Holley said the most intense impacts on would be in central, southern and South East areas of England’.

    He said: ‘Here some locations will witness torrential downpours, large hail and frequent lightning.

    A police car burns as officers are deployed on the streets of Hartlepool

    Thunderstorms are likely in places during the next 36 hours ⚠️

    These may be severe on Thursday with frequent lightning, torrential downpours and large hail giving localised flooding ⚡

    But the nature of these 'hit and miss' thunderstorms means that some of us will stay dry ⛈️ pic.twitter.com/H74VAqtHAy

    — Met Office (@metoffice) July 31, 2024

    ‘A few places could see 50-100mm of rainfall in a few hours.’

    It is likely that more weather warnings would be issued at short notice as the storms develop.

    The hottest areas on Tuesday were Kew Gardens and Heathrow, which both hit 32°C.

    Those heading out of the UK on holiday were warned of more extreme heat in Europe, with wildfires burning in popular holiday destinations.

    Met Office spokesman Oli Claydon when final temperatures are calculated, much of the south of England will have had a heatwave (an official designation when temperatures remain above a certain threshold for at least three days in a row).

    As well as the change in weather coming today, there has been a big disparity in how the UK experienced the weather this week.

    Overnight on Tuesday/Wednesday, some areas were near tropical and others barely above zero. The Isle of Portland in Dorset was 19.9°C overnight while Tulloch Bridge in Scotland was only 1.7°C.

    Mr Claydon said those further south would have been ‘pretty uncomfortable’ with ‘high temperatures, but also high humidity’.

    He added: ‘It was very nearly what we call a tropical night where temperatures don’t get below 20°C.’

    A weather front approaching from the northwest on Friday will bring ‘fresher air and the end of the heat’ – with lower temperatures expected by the weekend.

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    David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

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