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Weather warnings

Details of weather warnings for today across the Calendar region

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Lightning hits Selby

Torrential rain has led to the Met Office issuing an amber weather warning for the Pennines and Peak District, which means be prepared for flooding.

There has already been one major casualty of the downpours and thats the one day international between England and the West Indies at Headingley which has been abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Last night firefighters in North Yorkshire responded to more than 25 flooding calls.

In Osgodby near Selby, a bolt of lighting struck the roof of a home so hard that it blew off the tiles, left a huge hole and cut off the electricity. Sue Chappelow experienced it first hand

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