The wet weather is set to continue across parts of England and Wales on Monday, with heavy rain forecast to spark travel disruption and flooding.
The Met Office has issued two fresh yellow weather warnings, one covering north Wales, the Midlands and north-west England until 8pm on Monday, and another spanning eastern England from 8am to 3am on Tuesday.
Affected areas could see 20mm to 40mm of rainfall, with 60mm possible in a few places, and as much as 80mm in some areas in eastern England.
A third, covering south-west England and south Wales was in place from Sunday through to Monday morning, with the potential for rainfall between 20mm to 80mm. The greatest downpours were expected in south Wales, Dartmoor and the Dorset Downs.
Met Office meteorologist Liam Eslick said they were expecting some “pretty heavy persistent rain” across north Wales and north-west England, with Wales getting the brunt of it.
58 flooding warnings were in place on Monday morning, indicating flooding is “expected”. The Environment Agency also had 109 live “flood alerts” in place where flooding was considered a possibility.
Mark Garratt, a flood risk manager at the Environment Agency, said torrential ran on Sunday night into Monday could cause surface water flooding across much of south-west and southern England and the Midlands.
“It is especially important that people do not drive through flood-water – it is often deeper than it looks and just 30cm of flowing water is enough to float your car,” he said.
“Across the country, Environment Agency teams have been out checking flood defences and clearing any debris from storm drains and are also supporting local authorities in responding to surface water flooding,” he added.
He advised people to check flood risk in their area and sign up for flood warnings.
The Met Office warned of possible power outages, longer journey times due to flooding on roads, disrupted bus and rail travel and that the “flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely”.
It follows torrential rain across much of England over the past week, with homes and businesses submerged and widespread travel disruption.
Some places in southern and central England have already seen more than 250 per cent of their September average, according to the forecaster.
About 650 properties were flooded in Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and the home counties, according to the Environment Agency.
