There are threats of flooding in most parts of the UK. Heavy rain has forced many villages to evacuate or experience damage. A yellow weather warning – meaning severe weather – was issued for rain in some parts of the UK. This was issued because the Environmental Agency had expected some rivers to flood. While UK is also experiencing a heat wave, its citizens have taken the time to jest online about the weather with memes that correlate to their situation.

Key Takeaways:

• As ongoing downpours continue across Britain, East Riding of Yorkshire and north-east Lincolnshire are among the area’s most severely hit.
• Melanie Onn, Labour MP for Great Grimsby, tweeted out pics of the areas waterlogged roads, noting that they were “over my ankles.”
• While the island nation was getting a drenching, the rest of Continental Europe was busy experiencing a heatwave.

“A month’s worth of rain was set to fall on the UK on Wednesday as severe downpours brought flooding to large parts of the country.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/09/flash-floods-east-coast-of-england-rain-weather-yorkshire-lincolnshire