METEOROLOGISTS have confirmed that Ragnarok, the Viking apocalypse, will happen later today.
Weather experts warned the event is inevitable after reading up on Norse mythology, which describes extensive flooding followed by monster-based chaos.
A Met Office spokesman said: “Just when you thought things were calming down a bit weather-wise, a giant wolf is going to swallow the sun.
“Meanwhile Thor is to battle a world-girding serpent and the gates of Hell will open, its denizens spilling forth to wreak havoc on earth.
“Don’t travel unless absolutely necessary.”
Eleanor Shaw of Glasgow said: “The Vikings predicted the Earth falling into the sea which is pretty much what’s happened to my nan’s house in Ironbridge.
“I’ll be staying in with a grab bag of Doritos and watching the action live on Ant & Dec’s Ragnarok.”
Slayer fan Wayne Hayes of Nottingham said: “There’s going to be dwarves fighting ice giants and a bone ship full of skeletons. Basically it’s the full on metal apocalypse depicted on all of my T-shirts.”
