Storm Conall HITS as Brits blasted by two weeks’ rain in 24 hours with ‘danger to life’ warning over more flooding

BRITS person been batted by 2 weeks worthy of rainfall successful 24 hours arsenic Storm Conall swooped in.

The tempest brought torrential downpours and a "danger to life" informing implicit much flooding conscionable days aft Storm Bert caused wide devastation.

The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for spells of dense rainfall which is apt to origin delays connected roads, much flooding and power proviso issues successful places.

London, Kent, Dorset, Portsmouth, Brighton and Isle of Wight could spot up to 40mm of rainfall with the upwind informing successful spot until midday, said forecasters.

It comes aft Storm Bert wreaked havoc implicit the play with communities inactive recovering from devastation caused by the storm.

But much flooding is present expected successful galore parts of the UK aft ongoing dense rainfall arsenic Storm Conall landed.

There are 97 progressive reddish flood warnings astatine the clip of writing.

A agleam reddish information to beingness flood informing – the highest class informing – remains successful Northampton aft Storm Bert wherever the River Nene burst its banks and flooded the Billings Aquadrome and business parks.

A further 141 amber flood alerts are progressive up and down the country, meaning flooding is imaginable successful these areas.

Disruption to question and infrastructure is expected this morning aft dense rainfall fell overnight.

Flooding of "a fewer homes and businesses" is likely, said the Met Office.

Commuters are being urged to program up arsenic question is apt to beryllium impacted fixed caller bedewed weather.

The mean rainfall for the full of November for the UK is 123.3mm.

In Kent, upwind watchers grounds an mean of 82.6mm successful November, and 107.2mm successful the Isle of Wight.

Chris Wilding, of the Environment Agency, said "significant flooding impacts" are probable successful parts of Northamptonshire, with "minor" flooding connected the River Severn.

Conditions are not expected to worsen successful Yorkshire and the West Midlands implicit the next fewer days.

Additional insignificant stream and aboveground h2o flooding is besides "probable" successful parts of the southbound and eastbound of England from precocious connected Tuesday and done Wednesday, Mr Wilding said.

It comes arsenic devastated families fearfulness their homes won't beryllium salvaged successful clip for Christmas aft Environment Secretary Steve Reed admitted the UK's flood defences were successful the "worst information connected record".

People waded done heavy h2o yesterday to flight the flooding, holding bearer bags containing their belongings.

Stan Brown, 67, who has lived connected the Billing Aquadrome parkland for 25 years, said helium has "had enough" and felt helium had nary prime but to determination away.

He said: "I've got determination other to spell but I'm 1 of the few. Other radical person spent their beingness savings to bargain a spot connected there, and present they've got obscurity other to go."

Communities in England and Wales have present started a "massive clean-up" aft torrential rainfall and wide flooding from Storm Bert implicit the past fewer days.

Homeowners successful Didcot, Oxfordshire, person been near disgusted arsenic sewage "poured into streets" during the aftermath of the Storm.

Mr Reed has besides warned that much flooding is apt this week but should person a little terrible interaction than has been seen truthful far.

Sutherland Beck successful Didcot's Ladygrove property has been severely flooded arsenic householders person been incapable to get to work.

People surviving successful the country person said the interaction of foul discarded successful the streets is having a "huge impact" connected their wellbeing.

Meanwhile, 5 radical and 2 dogs were rescued by occurrence crews aft becoming trapped wrong a pub aft the River Avon burst its banks pursuing dense rain.