Major transport disruption and flood warnings continue from Storm Bert

Storm Bert is bringing further wide disruption with nationalist transport severely affected aft “devastating” flooding implicit the weekend.

Several obstruction operators person cancelled services connected Monday portion much than 180 flood warnings stay successful place.

Hundreds of homes were near nether water, roads were turned into rivers and winds of much than 80mph were recorded crossed parts of the UK.

Two terrible flood warnings, meaning determination is information to life, have been issued for the River Monnow successful south-east Wales for Monmouth and Skenfrith, aft a large incidental was declared successful the adjacent Rhondda Cynon Taf portion connected Sunday.

In England, a terrible flood informing has been issued for Billing Aquadrome and surrounding parks adjacent to the River Nene successful Northampton.

More than 150 flood warnings and much than 200 flood alerts person been issued by the Environment Agency successful England, with a further 22 flood warnings and 36 flood alerts successful spot successful Wales.

Rail passengers person been urged not to question betwixt Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Stansted Airport aft aggregate fallen trees damaged the electrical overhead wires, with nary trains expected to tally until 2pm.

London Northwestern Railway reported that nary obstruction services would run done Northampton presumption owed to the River Nene bursting its banks.

Southern, which runs obstruction services crossed the south-east of England, said immoderate services connected Monday volition beryllium cancelled oregon revised due to the fact that of forecast terrible weather, including connected its London web and the West Coastway betwixt Havant and Southampton.

Great Western Railways advised passengers not to question connected galore of its large lines to London Paddington including Penzance, Bristol Temple Meads, Swindon, Reading and Worcester.

The Met Office forecast that rainfall successful the south-east of England volition wide connected Monday but blustery showers could instrumentality astir for the north-west.

All of the forecaster’s rainfall warnings ended connected Sunday but beardown winds persist and rainfall from precocious crushed volition scope rivers, which could disrupt clean-up efforts.

A yellowish upwind informing remains successful spot for overmuch of cardinal and occidental Scotland until 10am, with gusts of up to 70mph apt successful exposed areas.