Warnings of heavy rain as thunderstorms hit parts of the UK

Further heavy rain is forecast for parts of the UK following a spell of intense thunderstorms.

The Met Office has issued an amber warning for heavy rain across central and southern England during the early hours of Monday, bringing a continued risk of localised flooding and travel disruption.

Yellow warnings are also in place through Sunday and Monday more widely across parts of England and Wales, as the weekend's thundery downpours continue.

The National Grid is reporting power outages across parts of south-west and central England, while the Environment Agency (EA) has already issued a number of flood warnings and alerts.

Thunderstorms and heavy rain have hit many parts of England and Wales since Friday, causing some disruption.

On Friday, there was a confirmed tornado in Aldershot, Hampshire.

Throughout Saturday and into Sunday morning, there were 13,000 lightning strikes recorded.

Storms were particularly frequent through Cornwall, the Midlands and into north-east Wales.

A house in Wrexham was struck by lightning on Saturday afternoon, causing a fire.

Firefighters were called to a pub in Aldridge, in the West Midlands, after lightning set the pub's fire alarms off on Saturday evening.

Further thundery downpours are expected on throughout Sunday with a Met Office yellow warning in force across Wales, the Midlands and southern England.

The Met Office say that some parts could see up 40-70mm in around 2 or 3 hours and a few locations could even see up to 100mm through the day.

There could be difficult conditions on the roads, with a small chance of rural communities temporarily being cut off by flooding.

The EA had issued three flood warnings as of 16:30 BST on Sunday, for Langford in Bedfordshire, Cannock in Staffordshire, and Whitwick and Thringstone in Leicestershire.

It has also issued 27 alerts - suggesting flooding is possible - for locations across England.

Astronomical autumn begins on Sunday, with the equinox occuring around lunchtime and, right on cue, the weather will start feeling more autumnal in the week ahead.

Rain will continue on Monday with amber and yellows in force across many parts of England and Wales.

It'll stay wet for much of the day with a band of heavy rain stretching from south-west England, the Midlands and into eastern England.

After so much wet weather over the weekend, another 30-50mm of rain could lead to further disruption.

Beyond that, an area of low pressure will sweep in by mid-week to bring further wet and windy weather.

It then turns colder as Arctic air spreads across the UK with temperatures on Friday around 8 to 12 Celsius.

This will be below the late-September average of around 12 to 18 degrees.