Met Office issued a thunderstorm warning affecting Somerset and Devon.

The entities involved

• Met Office →

  United Kingdom's national weather service

  • Met Office forecasts a heatwave for Worcestershire.Mon 12:58
  • The Met Office provided a weather outlook for England, predicting high warmth and temperatures climbing into the 30s for several regions.Mon 10:33
• Somerset →

  unitary authority area in Somerset, England (doesn't include Bath and North-East Somerset or North Somerset)

  • Somerset Council is managing county-wide flood defence issues.Mon 16:35
  • A heat health alert has been issued by the UK Health Security Agency for the East of England and East Midlands.Mon 05:47
• Devon →

  census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States

  • Conservation efforts recorded insects in Cornwall and Devon, involving Butterfly Conservation and Richard Fox.Sat 14:09
  • Gentian was abundant in Hampshire and New Forest, but had gone extinct in Devon. Dominic Price discussed the plant's climate vulnerability.Fri 02:37

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