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If there's any substance to this news report, and it
effects Saturday afternoon, I may not show!! Hopefully
it will come to nothing like most weather reports.  

 
 
STORMS BATTER BRITAIN 
 
Thunderstorms and torrential rain have battered parts
of the UK with more bad weather predicted for later.


Revellers at the Glastonbury Festival woke up this
morning to find water lapping at their tents.

The festival was pounded by storms for six hours - and
the Wimbledon tennis tournament is expected to get the
same treatment this afternoon in London.

Storms moved into south Wales and some southern parts
of England overnight, with prolonged outbreaks of rain
expected throughout Wales and north-western England
which could lead to local flash flooding.

They are expected to hit London, which is still
basking in temperatures of 30c, during this evening's
rush-hour.

PA WeatherCentre assistant manager Paul Knightly said
the storms were likely to bring lightning and
hailstones up to the size of golf balls.

"Winds in the upper atmosphere will be fairly strong,
and this will promote the development of some severe
thunderstorms.

"These may bring hailstones up to the size of golf
balls, wind gusts up to 65 mph, extremely heavy
rainfall leading to local flash flooding, and possibly
isolated tornadoes.
 

 
  
The storms may unleash an asthma epidemic 
 
  

"If a storm approaches, try to get indoors quickly,
and do not stand under trees."

The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation, which is
a privately funded group researching extreme weather
phenomenon, predicted possible tornados.

Health experts warn the storms could cause major
respiratory problems - even for those who never
normally suffer from breathing problems.

Under some conditions, storm clouds suck up vast
amounts of pollen, dirt and pollution and dump them in
one go.

Pollen particles are broken up in the upper atmosphere
and then plunge to earth in the storm's cold air,
flooding the ground and triggering hayfever attacks.

"It could be a big event, but we don't know how many
people might be affected or where exactly could
happen," Mark Gibbs of the Met Office said.

The situation is especially bad in cities where people
may have already breathed in large amounts of smog
during the day.

A similar event occurred in London in June, 1994.

A combination of conditions similar to what we are
experiencing today saw hospitals and clinics overrun
by thousands of emergency cases of asthma.
 
 



	
	
		
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