A mum was left petrified when her flight was caught in a storm over Liverpool. Husband and spouse Carl and Eileen Felton have been flying again to the UK from Palma, Mallorca, on June 10, however their arrival into Liverpool John Lennon Airport was delayed by the storm that battered the Merseyside space.

Heatwave-like circumstances have roasted areas of the UK during the last week, and on Saturday, the day the couple have been resulting from fly, temperatures on the bottom in Liverpool reached a scorching 28C.

However, the sunny skies have been changed by darkening clouds at round 6pm and the Met Office weather warning was upgraded from yellow to amber.

The subsequent storm noticed thunder and lightning strike over the north west, with a deluge lasting hours.

Roads have been flooded, Merseyside church was struck by lightning and Bootle Music Festival was sadly cancelled.

Aircraft heading into and from Liverpool have been additionally affected by the treacherous circumstances.

A screenshot of Flight Radar was shared with the Liverpool Echo, displaying the Felton’s Ryanair flight circling across the north west of England at round 8pm, because it tried to land in Speke on the Mersey.

Such was the problem posed by the climate, the flight landed at 8.12pm, two hours later than scheduled.

Eileen, from Runcorn between Liverpool and Warrington, branded the circumstances as “horrendous - the turbulence was the worst I’ve known”.

The mother-of-two informed the ECHO: "We had been away to Alcúdia  in a group of seven. We were delayed leaving but it got worse.

"As we bought over the North West, they mentioned 'we're coming into turbulence, please take your seats. That was earlier than we hit the turbulence itself.

"Once we hit it, it was horrendous. I was holding the life out of my husband's hands. Luckily one of our friends on the trip works as a crew member on planes and he was able to explain what was going on.

"There was a household in entrance of us and the children have been so scared, they have been screaming. The airplane was bouncing up and down within the wind, it was happening for about 50 minutes - my worry stage went by means of the roof."

“The screenshot from Flight Radar shows the plane's journey around the region. It looped over North Wales, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Widnes and Warrington as it tried to land safely".

Eileen added: "Every time we would go down to land, it would go up again. My daughter was waiting for us at home and she said she saw the flight go over the house twice.

"After 50 minutes of going around, when we eventually came into land, it was like I was braking with the pilot. My feet were pressing down into the floor - I was petrified.

"When we did land, there was a massive cheer and clap. I've never been so scared. I was so relieved to get off the plane.

"The pilot did his best, thank god - going up and down before he could land. But it was just scary all around.”

Despite the storm calming between 9pm and 10pm on Saturday, a yellow climate remained in place over Sunday and continues to be in impact in the present day.

A lightning storm is anticipated at round 8pm in response to the Met Office.