UK weather: Delay warning as heavy rain to bring more flooding after washout weekend

The Met Office has issued 1 yellowish and 1 amber informing for rainfall connected Monday, informing that dense rainfall is expected to origin flooding and question disruption successful immoderate areas

The Met Office has warned of delays connected the roadworthy connected Monday owed to the hazard of flooding caused by dense rain.

Two rainfall warnings - 1 yellowish and 1 amber - person been issued crossed ample areas of the country. The yellowish warning, successful unit from midnight connected Monday until midnight connected Tuesday, covers galore parts of England and Wales.

Forecasters said parts of the Midlands, northeast England and eastbound Wales are apt to spot the top accumulations of rain, with astir 30mm to 50mm acceptable to autumn successful six hours oregon less. However, immoderate areas could spot 80mm to 100mm implicit the people of 12 to 24 hours, the upwind bureau said.

The much terrible amber warning, successful unit from 5am until 9pm connected Monday, says that dense rainfall is expected to nutrient flooding and question disruption. The amber warning, covering parts of cardinal and confederate England, says lightning whitethorn beryllium an further hazard successful immoderate areas.

But parts of Scotland, Ireland and north-west England mightiness spot a somewhat amended time and determination should beryllium a substance of prima and showers successful south-east England. Tuesday is expected to spot a "bit of a swap" wherever bluish areas and parts of Scotland are apt to spot longer spells of rainfall whereas overmuch of the south, Wales and the Midlands should spot a mostly adust day.

On Sunday evening, the Met Office urged anyone heading retired connected Monday greeting to instrumentality care. The weather work wrote connected X, formerly called Twitter: "Take attraction arsenic you caput retired connected Monday greeting - dense rainfall could bring flooding and disruption for parts of England and Wales. Cloudy for astir of Northern Ireland and Scotland, with patchy rainfall arriving into the acold north."

Sarah Cook, flood work manager astatine the Environment Agency, said determination is simply a hazard of aboveground h2o flooding connected Monday. She explained: "Persistent dense rainfall and thunderstorms could pb to important aboveground h2o flooding connected Monday crossed parts of England. The impacts could see localised flooding successful municipality areas and accelerated responding catchments, including immoderate spot flooding arsenic good arsenic question disruption. The hazard from stream flooding remains low."

She added: "We impulse radical to program their journeys carefully, travel the proposal of section exigency services connected the roads and not to thrust done flood h2o - it is often deeper than it looks and conscionable 30cm of flowing h2o is capable to interval your car." Ms Criswick said: "Where we've had the rainfall implicit the past mates of days we're expecting further rainfall for the opening of adjacent week arsenic well.

"We person conscionable precocious issued an amber informing arsenic good for akin areas crossed parts of the Midlands and besides conscionable moving up into the north-east of England arsenic well. So wherever we've seen accumulation of rainfall implicit the past time oregon truthful we're expecting further rainfall arsenic well. It's apt we'll spot much impacts from flooding and roadworthy closures and things similar that."

It comes arsenic immoderate streets astir the UK were left nether water astatine the play arsenic flooding caused harm to buildings and cars. Pictures shared connected societal media showed parts of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and Hitchin, Hertfordshire, near underwater. Heavy rainfall near shops and cars partially submerged, arsenic the Environment Agency issued flood warnings for areas adjacent the River Lee successful Luton and the River Ivel astatine Langford.

In North Staffordshire, cars were near stranded successful astir 2 ft of sludge aft a "mudslide", reported Stoke-on-Trent Live. Saturday's dense downpour caused chaos connected Cheadle Road successful Draycott successful the Moors wherever residents accidental determination was a "sea of mud".

UK 5 time upwind forecast

Overnight:

Locally dense spells of rainfall crossed cardinal and confederate areas, merging into larger bands of rainfall by dawn. Cloudy with airy rainfall and drizzle to the northbound wherever it volition beryllium cool, but lukewarm and humid crossed the south.

Monday:

Heavy and persistent rainfall continuing crossed cardinal and northeastern England starring to flooding successful places. Thundery successful the southeast and mostly cloudy further northbound with patchy rainfall successful bluish Scotland.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Fairly settled connected Tuesday with sunny spells and possibly a fewer showers. Feeling cooler. Turning much wide bedewed and windy from Wednesday.