{"id":274560,"date":"2025-07-19T11:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274560\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T11:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:12:15","slug":"edinburgh-and-lothians-hit-with-thunderstorm-warning-as-heavy-rain-batters-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274560\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh and Lothians hit with thunderstorm warning as heavy rain batters capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A yellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:weather;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">weather <\/a>warning has been extended in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/news\/edinburgh-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Edinburgh<\/a> and the Lothians as thunderstorms prepare to hit the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/met-office\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Met Office;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Met Office<\/a> previously issued a yellow weather warning for rain on Saturday which may bring power cuts and a loss of other services to some homes and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Now locals have been warned of a yellow weather warning for Monday and to prepare for lightning strikes and flooded roads.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/emergency-services-swarm-edinburgh-street-212503644.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Emergency services swarm Edinburgh street for huge &#039;police incident&#039; as buses diverted;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergency services swarm Edinburgh street for huge &#8216;police incident&#8217; as buses diverted<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/bbc-drama-set-edinburgh-features-193540444.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC drama set in Edinburgh which features Outlander star to make Netflix debut;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC drama set in Edinburgh which features Outlander star to make Netflix debut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The warning is in place from 11am on July 21 until 9pm.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters added: &#8220;Outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, on Monday. Brighter on Tuesday and Wednesday but still the chance of showers breaking out each day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Heavy showers and thunderstorms may lead to flooding and disruption in a few places on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Spray and sudden flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures.<\/p>\n<p><b>Join <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here<\/b><\/a><b>and get the latest news sent <\/b><b>straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater or lightning strikes<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where flooding or lightning strikes occur, there is a chance of delays and some cancellations to train and bus services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite heavy downpours, temperatures are expected to sit at around 20C on Monday with the lowest at 15C.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the full forecast <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.metoffice.gov.uk\/forecast\/gcvwr3zrw#?date=2025-07-21\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A yellow weather warning has been extended in Edinburgh and the Lothians as thunderstorms prepare to hit the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,103886,4884,103885,712,16,15,2463],"class_list":{"0":"post-274560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-flooded-roads","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-lightning-strikes","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-weather-warning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}