UK: Heavy rain causes more flooding – with warnings for the next three days

The Met Office has yellow weather warnings in place for the eastern coast of Scotland, Northern Ireland and South East England on Saturday and Sunday.

Heavy rain over the weekend risks flooding areas that have already been hard hit by Storm Babet, according to forecasters.

Conditions are likely to bring between 50mm and 80mm of rain and 50mph to 70mph winds to parts of Scotland that were battered by Storm Babet last week. Rain warnings in Scotland are in place until 12am on Monday.

Flood warnings are in place for the River Severn in Gloucestershire at Apperley and the Leigh, and Severn Ham, Tewkesbury.

High water levels can be seen around Tewkesbury Abbey, as well as stranded vehicles in a flooded car park in the town.

Met forecaster Dan Stroud said: “On it’s own the rainfall totals are not that high but given the fact we’ve had all that rain from Storm Babet it doesn’t take much for there to be localised impacts because the ground is already saturated.”

Some train services in Scotland have been suspended. There will be no direct routes between the Central Belt and Aberdeen and Inverness until Sunday.

The warning for rain in the south and east of England lasts between 12am on Sunday and 12am on Monday.

It covers eastern England, London, Kent, Sussex and Essex and could bring between 15mm and 30mm of rain.

There are also 39 tidal and river flooding warnings in place, including several in East Sussex and Kent.

Source: Sky News

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