Forecaster Matt Taylor said BBC Weather had received reports of "intense storms" and flooding in east London, Essex and Cambridgeshire stretching up towards Lincolnshire.
A recent NRDC report provides some insight - exploring similar anticipated impacts from extreme weather (including more frequent and intense storms, and increased flooding), which we expect to increase in various parts of the country as a result of climate change". .
OO Europe Must Prepare For Extreme Weather - Cities and towns are warned to adapt to the battering they face from intense storms as extreme weather events become more frequent.
Extreme weather events, such as heatwaves and intense storms are on the rise and will become normal.
In latitudes 15° to 30° N, the North Atlantic is characterized by prevailing high pressure with an attendant lack of intense storms and severe weather.
OO How Global Warming Affected Extreme Weather Events In 2013 - Interactive: 92 international scientists report on how climate change affected 16 of the biggest 2013 weather events: droughts, heatwaves and more intense storms were affected.
Scientists say climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events like drought, heat waves, downpours, and intense storms.
This new understanding implies that human-origin systems can have an unexpected effect on high-energy space weather around our planet during these unusual, intense storms in space.
Projections suggest an increase in extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfall, more intense storms and heat-waves.
The reason for this sea change is simple: an alarming increase in heat waves, intense storms and other extreme weather events around the world has brought the reality of climate change home to millions, making it impossible to ignore.
Unfortunately, we are going to have to brace for more frequent and intense storms, along with other extreme weather events like droughts, heatwaves -- and the unfortunate devastation they entail, from rising food prices to damaging wildfires.
