The Met Office is forecasting heavy rain to hit England.
Heavy rain will hit England (Image: Getty)
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for rain in 18 areas of England as a heavy downpour is forecast to arrive.
The yellow warning will be in place for London and the south east from 3pm on Monday, January 26, to noon on Tuesday, January 27, when “heavy rain will likely lead to some transport disruption and possible flooding”. “Spells of heavy rain are expected during Monday night through to Tuesday morning. 15-25 mm of rain is expected to build up widely across the area with a few areas potentially seeing 30-40 mm and as much as 50 mm over some hills,” the forecast said.
The updated yellow rain warning will cover London and South East England, South West England, Wales and West Midlands across the UK for Monday and Tuesday. A Met Office forecast said: “Outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, will affect parts of southern and southwest England as well as southern and mid Wales from Monday afternoon, through Tuesday morning before clearing to heavy showers later on Tuesday.
A new warning has been issued by the Met Office today. (Image: Met Office)
“Rainfall totals are expected to reach 20-30 mm widely, with 50-80 mm likely across higher ground, especially Dartmoor, Exmoor and Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons). With wet conditions prior to this period, the rain will fall onto saturated ground, accentuating flooding impacts in places. Strong southeasterly winds are also likely.”
Other areas will be affected as well. The south west will be covered by another weather warning from 6pm tomorrow (Monday, January 26) to 2pm on Tuesday (January 27), when “outbreaks of heavy rain could result in some flooding and disruption,” the Met Office said.
Over 100 flood alerts have been issued across the UK as more heavy rain is going to hit the country. A total of 132 flood alerts have been issued by the Environemnt Agency, which said flooding is “expcted” or “possible” in those areas.
Most of the warning have been issued for the south west of England, which has recently been badly hit by Storm Ingrid. The storm battered areas in south west England and Wales with torrential rain and gales of up to 70mph on Saturday.
The adverse weather prompted yellow Met Office warnings and forced widespread service suspensions across much of the rail network in the area. Although no live weather warnings are currently in place for Sunday, disruption is expected to continue until the end of the day as Network Rail carries out inspections to ensure tracks are safe to reopen.
Over 100 flood warnings have been issued by the EA. (Image: EA)
CrossCountry and Great Western Railway (GWR) routes remain either fully closed or severely disrupted throughout the weekend.
Lines between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth and between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot are shut until at least 4pm on Sunday, while the Par to Newquay branch line has been closed entirely in the aftermath of Storm Ingrid. The huge waves overnight into Saturday washed out part of Teignmouth’s historic pier, and the coastline’s sea wall, which protects a railway line in nearby Dawlish, also partially collapsed, causing travel disruption between Plymouth and Exeter St Davids.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and much of south Wales until 10pm on Saturday, with up to 40mm of rainfall expected to fall across the southwest in the coming hours.
List of areas affected
London and South East England
Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Southampton, West Berkshire
South West England
Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Torbay, Wiltshire
Wales
Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan
West Midlands
Herefordshire, Shropshire
