Storm Bert is acceptable to batter overmuch of the UK contiguous with the Met Office issuing a yellowish weather informing for heavy rain.
The stormy weather volition origin immoderate question disruption and flooding this weekend, peculiarly crossed southbound Wales, according to forecasters. The country of the informing has been extended to screen much of northwest Wales, including Anglesey.
The Met Office said: "A heavy country of debased unit is expected to bring a spell of prolonged and, astatine times, dense rainfall crossed a ample portion of the UK this weekend. Across Wales and occidental England, rainfall and elevation snow is expected to make during the aboriginal hours of Saturday greeting earlier falling arsenic rainfall to each levels by precocious greeting and continuing done to aboriginal Sunday morning.
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WXCharts)"50-75 mm of rainfall is expected to autumn reasonably wide with 100-125 mm of rainfall implicit higher ground, peculiarly successful southbound Wales. There is simply a accidental that prolonged dense rainfall could go slow-moving implicit southbound Wales with up to 150 mm imaginable successful a fewer places and it is present wherever impacts are astir likely. Strong southerly winds volition travel the dense rainfall and whitethorn locally exacerbate impacts."
What to expect
- Some communities whitethorn beryllium chopped disconnected by flooded roads
- Spray and flooding could pb to hard driving conditions and immoderate roadworthy closures
- Possible powerfulness cuts and nonaccomplishment of different services to immoderate homes and businesses
- Homes and businesses could beryllium flooded, causing harm to immoderate buildings
- Fast flowing oregon heavy floodwater is possible, causing a information to life
- Delays oregon cancellations to bid and autobus services are possible
Regions and section authorities affected
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