Climate crisis to bring more intense rain and thunderstorms to the UK, experts warn

Wild and unpredictable weather is likely to become a hallmark of our future as established weather systems breakdown, writes Harry Cockburn

Multiple bolts of lightning flash in Glasgow during a thunderstorm (Getty )

As the planet heats up due to increasing levels of human-made emissions, one aspect of the worsening climate crisis could be to intensify rain and thunderstorms, experts have said.

New research by scientists at Newcastle University suggests rising temperatures in some parts of the UK are the main drivers of increases in “extreme short-duration rainfall intensities”.

These storms tend to happen during the summer months and can cause dangerous flash flooding.