1 day Ago By Paul Withers,Sarah Barltrop
The Met Office has issued new 24-hour yellow warnings for rain, with flooding 'possible' as heavy rain hammers the UK. Britain has been enjoying somewhat of a a mini-heatwave in recent days, with glorious sunshine and temperatures topping 20C in many areas. However, the Met Office has now issued yellow rain warnings, impacting North West England, South West England, the West Midlands, and Wales, running from 12pm tomorrow (Tuesday) until 12pm on Wednesday.
It warned: "A spell of heavy and persistent rain is expected to move north across western Britain during Tuesday into early Wednesday. Whilst there is some uncertainty in where the heaviest rain will fall, 20-40 mm of rain is expected fairly widely. "A few places may see 50-75 mm of rain during this period: gradually building up in the west following rain on Monday, whilst in parts of the east, falling in shorter periods where heavy showers and thunderstorms become slow-moving.
" Cheshire West and Chester Halton Merseyside Bath and North East Somerset Bristol Cornwall Devon Gloucestershire North Somerset Plymouth Somerset South Gloucestershire Torbay Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham Herefordshire Shropshire We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. For the latest news and breaking news visit: News - Latest UK & World News Stories | Express.co.
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