The Met Office has issued a 12-hour yellow alert for thunderstorms in five UK regions - with a high chance of power cuts in affected areas.

The Met Office is warning that temperatures are set to fall significantly in the coming days due to cold Arctic air sweeping across the country. The Exeter-based experts say that overnight frosts are due, with temperatures set to plummet on Thursday.

The Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in East Devon until 3am on Wednesday. The initial warning predicted rainfall until midnight tonight; however, this has changed as heavy rain is set to continue throughout the night.

The Met Office has updated its yellow weather warning for thunderstorms across Gloucestershire now in effect until 3am on Wednesday. Initially, the alert was set to expire at 10pm tonight, but due to persistent heavy rain expected to last into the night, the warning period has been extended.

More heavy rain is on the way to parts of Wales as another thunderstorm warning is issued. Parts of south east Wales are covered by the yellow warning from the Met Office. It says that showers and thunderstorms will north and east across southern Britain through the afternoon and well into the evening, before gradually clearing from the west.

Bristol has been hit with a new thunderstorm warning today (Tuesday, October 8). The Met Office yellow warning is in place from 10am until 10pm and covers parts of eastern Bristol.

A thunderstorm warning has been issued by the Met Office for large parts of Gloucestershire today (Tuesday, October 8). It came into force at 10am and runs until 10pm, with people told they could face heavy showers, lightning and travel disruption.

A weather warning for rain has been issued by the Met Office as some parts of the UK were hit by torrential rain on Monday night. The yellow weather alert for eastern England lasts until Tuesday at 3am and warns of heavy rain that could cause flooding and disruption.

Flooding, travel disruption and power cuts may be on the cards this evening due to the conditions, forecasters have said. Up to 40mm of rain could fall in the space of a few hours in some regions.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms on Monday across the south of England and Wales.

An alert over stormy weather has been issued for the whole of the South East of England by the Met Office. The yellow thunderstorm warning was put in place at 10:00 BST on Tuesday and will be in place until 22:00.