UK weather: Met Office issues urgent warning for major rain storm - full list of 26 areas

A yellowish informing for rainfall is successful spot for immoderate parts of the UK this week bringing the imaginable for powerfulness cuts and flooding to homes and businesses travel tomorrow

Heavy rainfall whitethorn bring powerfulness cuts and flooding to homes and businesses crossed Britain this week arsenic a caller weather warning was issued.

Strong winds are expected to deed coastal areas of the country, arsenic good arsenic higher ground. But the Met Office says the highest rainfall travel Thursday is apt to beryllium contained to the Pennines and North York Moors. Today is apt to bring cloudy skies and outbreaks of rainfall up of Thursday, erstwhile a yellow warning for rainfall is successful spot each time for millions of Brits.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Paul Gundersen said: “This drier spell volition past until aboriginal Wednesday for most, earlier the adjacent country of debased unit brings further rainfall aboriginal connected Wednesday and into the second portion of the week. Further rainfall is apt for parts of England and Wales connected Thursday.

“If and wherever this falls connected saturated ground, the sensitivity to imaginable impacts is increased. At present, the heaviest rainfall looks similar falling crossed east-facing hills of bluish England, though determination is immoderate uncertainty successful the determination focus.”

Around 80-100mm of rainfall could accumulate during the people of Thursday, portion different places could spot a small little with 20-30mm. The yellowish informing reads: “There is simply a flimsy accidental of powerfulness cuts and nonaccomplishment of different services to immoderate homes and businesses. There is simply a tiny accidental homes and businesses could beryllium flooded, causing harm to immoderate buildings Where flooding occurs, determination is simply a flimsy accidental of delays oregon cancellations to bid and autobus services.”

Today, outbreaks of rainfall volition determination towards the northbound eastbound crossed overmuch of England and Wales. It volition beryllium cooler for bluish England, Scotland and Northern Ireland - albeit with a fewer showers.

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Brent Walker added: “After the rainfall done overmuch of this week, things volition beryllium turning decidedly cooler into the weekend, with frost apt for overmuch of the UK overnight connected Friday and a much autumnal consciousness to daytime temperatures.

“A north-westerly travel of aerial is developing, bringing cooler aerial from the northbound implicit the UK and dropping temperatures into the play and perchance beneath freezing overnight for some. Some isolated showers are imaginable done the weekend, though it volition mostly beryllium drier for many, with immoderate sunny spells.”

Regions and section authorities affected by Thursday's yellowish warning

East Midlands

• Derbyshire

• Lincolnshire

• Nottinghamshire

North East England

• Darlington

• Durham

• Gateshead

• Hartlepool

• Middlesbrough

• Newcastle upon Tyne

• North Tyneside

• Northumberland

• Redcar and Cleveland

• South Tyneside

• Stockton-on-Tees

• Sunderland

North West England

• Cumbria

• Greater Manchester

• Lancashire

Yorkshire & Humber

• East Riding of Yorkshire

• Kingston upon Hull

• North East Lincolnshire

• North Lincolnshire

• North Yorkshire

• South Yorkshire

• West Yorkshire

• York