Met Office: this week's UK and world weather report - day 248

Distance travelled ~ 637'304'000 km

Across the UK

Much of last week saw large amounts of cloud and fairly quite conditions through across the UK. However, temperatures increased with the arrival of September and there was some very warm weather across parts of the country towards the end of the week with temperatures peaking at 27 Celsius in eastern England during Friday and Saturday.

At the same time, wet weather moved in across some northern and western regions, with the rain turning heavy and persistent on western hills, especially over the Lake District and Snowdonia where over 50mm fell in places.

Around the world

In Nigeria there were reports that flash floods during the last week across the south west of the country killed at least 102 people and left 15-hundred displaced. According to the Nigerian Red Cross the major flood hit hardest in Oyo state's capital of Ibadan where heavy rains made a local damn overflow, sending water through the settlements surrounding the city and many homes were washed away.

Surging flood waters in northern and eastern India have affected 5.2 million people. Many have been forced from their homes as swollen rivers wash away roads and make rescue work difficult, government and aid officials said on Friday. Monsoon rains swept the heavily-populated states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam. 70,000 people were homeless and around 300,500 hectares of mainly rice paddy had been destroyed. In the most severely affected state of Uttar Pradesh in north central India, 125 people have died and around 2 million have been affected, according to a government official.

At least 19 people were killed and more than 50 are missing after powerful Typhoon Talas crossed western Japan. The storm brought heavy rain and winds of up to 68 miles an hour after making landfall on Shikoku Island on Saturday with flooding and landslides.

The week ahead...

• An autumnal feel to the weather across the UK, as Atlantic weather systems bring wind, rain, showers and gales force gusts to some coasts this week, particularly tomorrow.

• Typhoon Talas is moving generally in a northerly direction and then dissipating in east Russia near Vladivostok. The typhoon is likely to give very heavy rain and possible flash flooding in this part of Russia and then risk heavy rain over wider area to the north and east.

• Warm or very warm weather in south east Australia at first but turning cool and unsettled by Tuesday.

• Heavy monsoon rains in parts of Pakistan and western India until tomorrow.

• Potential for tropical storm development in the Arabian Sea over the next few days threatens land areas in southern Pakistan, though main risk likely to be exceptional rainfall and flooding.

• Hurricane Katia remains over the open North Atlantic Ocean and has the potential to become a Category 3 storm during this week, although currently expected to remain clear of land for the next five days.

• Unsettled and locally wet and very windy conditions in parts of north east Canada and north east USA until Wednesday.

• Cold, windy and wet with hill snow in south west Chile at times this week.

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