UK weather: Britain to be drenched by heavy rain lasting for DAYS with more flooding – will your area be affected?

BRITAIN will be soaked by heavy rain this week — bringing yet more flooding to some areas.

A yellow weather warning is in place from 8am on Monday to 3pm on Tuesday covering parts of the north-east Midlands and east and northeast England.

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As an area of low pressure clears to the east through Monday further rain will sink south, the Met Office said.

It is likely to fall over areas impacted by flooding through the last week across the Midlands, the forecaster added.

Around 20-40 mm of rain could fall quite widely with a chance that a few places could see 60-80 mm.

Strong northeasterly winds will accompany the rain.

The Environment Agency had 33 flood warnings active yesterday.

Flash floods are most likely in the South West, the Midlands and the South.

Severe weather disrupted transport and forced cancellation of events in Devon and Cornwall on Sunday.

Katharine Smith, Flood Duty Manager at the Environment Agency, said: “Rainfall arriving on Monday and Tuesday gives potential for further minor surface water and river flooding impacts across parts of England and Wales.

“Environment Agency teams continue to be out on the ground, supporting local authorities in responding to surface water flooding.

“We urge people to plan their journeys carefully, follow the advice of local emergency services on the roads and not to drive through flood water – it is often deeper than it looks and just 30cm of flowing water is enough to float your car.

“People should check their flood risk, sign up for free flood warnings and keep up to date with the latest situation as well as following @EnvAgency on X for the latest flood updates.”

Southern and central parts of England have had a very wet period of weather in the last few days.

Recent amber weather warnings preceding flooding and travel disruption for some.

Some counties in southern and central England have already had more than 250 per cent of their average September rainfall.

After the further rain on Monday, which could extend into Tuesday in some eastern and southeastern areas, it should become somewhat drier and brighter more widely around midweek.

However there are signals for the potential of further wet and windy weather towards the end of next week.

There has been some speculation about the impact of Hurricane Isaac on the UK weather next week.

Hurricane Isaac is expected to transition into an ex-tropical storm through Sunday night and into Monday while over the middle of the Atlantic.

If it does move towards the UK it will have significantly weakened and would bring nothing more than a normal autumn spell of rain.

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