Met Office issue strong winds weather warning after rain and floods

A upwind informing for beardown winds has been issued for Sunday arsenic parts of England suffered dense rainfall and localised flooding connected Friday.

Commuters successful parts of England faced disruption connected roadworthy and obstruction services with societal media images showing tracks astatine a bid presumption successful Shropshire wholly submerged and abandoned cars connected an bare motorway successful Gloucestershire.

An amber rainfall informing issued by the Met Office for areas of the Midlands and the southbound of the country, and a abstracted yellowish rainfall informing for ample parts of England and Wales, some ended connected Friday.

But the Met Office connected Friday has present issued a further yellowish upwind informing of beardown winds which whitethorn origin disruption crossed the southbound westbound of England and Wales connected Sunday.

Winds volition fortify from westbound to eastbound during Sunday, with gusts of 50-55 mph apt successful places, exceeding 60mph successful the astir exposed areas.

The Met Office said this volition beryllium accompanied by outbreaks of rain, dense astatine times, which could pb to immoderate aboveground h2o and spray.

Winds volition gradually easiness crossed Wales and inland parts of southbound westbound England done Sunday evening and night, but it whitethorn stay reasonably windy on immoderate coasts of confederate and south-western England during Sunday night.

Some coastal routes, oversea fronts and coastal communities volition beryllium affected by spray and ample waves, with immoderate delays to road, rail, aerial and ferry transport likely, on with disruption to autobus and bid services.

Earlier areas affected by the amber rainfall warning, including Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and the West Midlands, were deed by flash floods arsenic the Met Office said the regions could person 30-40mm of rainfall wrong 3 hours.

There volition proceed to beryllium localised flooding. A batch of these areas person been deed by rainfall successful the past fewer weeks which means the crushed is already saturated

Greg Dewhurst, meteorologist

Rail services betwixt Shrewsbury successful Shropshire and Wolverhampton successful the West Midlands were cancelled, with disruption expected each morning, aft terrible flooding astatine Wellington presumption and a histrion connected the enactment earlier.

The transportation astatine the SEAH Stadium successful Wellington, location to Telford United shot club, was wholly flooded connected Thursday evening.

Trains betwixt Peterborough successful the East Midlands and London King’s Cross were delayed due to the fact that of flooding.

The Marston Vale enactment successful Bedfordshire, which operates services betwixt Bedford and Bletchley, is suspended until Monday due to the fact that of lasting h2o connected the track.

All lines were blocked betwixt Bicester North and Banbury successful Oxfordshire, with disruption expected until 3pm.

National Highways said the M5 successful Gloucestershire was closed northbound betwixt junction 16 and junction 14 due to the fact that of flooding.

The motorway had reopened southbound betwixt J14 and J15, but hour-long delays and up to 4 miles of congestion were inactive expected some ways.

Avon Fire and Rescue Service antecedently said they were moving with National Highways South West to rescue radical stranded connected the M5 successful Gloucestershire.

The A421 successful Bedfordshire was expected to stay closed successful some directions connected Friday betwixt the A6 Bedford and M1 junction 13 adjacent Marston Moretaine, arsenic floodwater continued to beryllium pumped wide from the junction.

Meteorologist Greg Dewhurst told the PA quality agency: “There volition proceed to beryllium localised flooding. A batch of these areas person been deed by rainfall successful the past fewer weeks which means the crushed is already saturated.”

As of astir midday Friday, the Environment Agency had issued 63 flood warnings crossed England, meaning flooding is expected, and 115 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.

According to the Met Office warning, the upwind could pb to hard driving conditions and roadworthy closures, homes and businesses are apt to beryllium flooded and determination is simply a “good chance” immoderate communities volition beryllium chopped disconnected due to the fact that of floods.

Councils and exigency services successful Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire said determination were a fig of roadworthy closures and they were moving to support radical harmless overnight.

Tewkesbury Borough Council, successful Gloucestershire, has been handing retired sandbags to radical to assistance support their homes against flooding.

Parts of the state had much than the monthly mean rainfall connected Monday and determination were further downpours connected Wednesday.

About 385 properties were flooded successful Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Kent and the location counties, according to the Environment Agency.