Commuters set for blustery begin with as much as two inches of rain
- Met Office says rain hitting already moist floor means houses may very well be flooded
- Environment Agency points 66 flood warnings and 214 lower-level flood alerts
Flooding and torrential rain hit elements of Southern England as we speak as forecasters urged Britons to take additional care in blustery situations in the course of the morning rush hour.
The Met Office mentioned rain hitting already moist floor means houses and companies may very well be flooded, whereas roads could also be underneath water, leaving some areas ‘lower off’.
Public transport may be disrupted after showers that started yesterday lasted into this morning. Rainfall totals had been set to achieve 15mm (0.6in) to 25mm (1in) in elements of the South East, with some areas forecast to see as a lot as 1.6in (40mm).
A lot of rail providers confronted weather-related disruption as we speak, together with Great Western Railway because of a landslip between London Paddington and Reading.
Trees had been additionally blocking strains between Maidenhead and Bourne End in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire; and between Axminster and Yeovil in Devon and Somerset.
Separately, commuters utilizing Thameslink and Southern Rail providers had been stranded because of a significant signalling fault which led to a ‘do no journey’ warning being issued.
The Environment Agency has issued 66 flood warnings and 214 lower-level flood alerts for England as we speak, whereas Natural Resources Wales has two flood alerts in place.
The Met Office has issued a rain warning for South London , East Sussex and Kent as we speak
Strong waves hit the south coast amid gusty winds this morning at Weymouth in Dorset
A automotive is pushed by means of a water-logged nation lane at Dunsden in Oxfordshire this morning
Weymouth in Dorset is hit by robust winds this morning as gusty winds hit elements of England
A water-logged nation lane at Dunsden in Oxfordshire brings hazardous situations as we speak
Dramatic skies at dawn at the beginning of windy morning at Dunsden in Oxfordshire as we speak
A bicycle owner goes by means of a water-logged nation lane at Dunsden in Oxfordshire this morning
Dark clouds over the woods at the beginning of a windy day at Dunsden in Oxfordshire this morning
Many of the flood warnings had been in southern England – notably Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
England has already been drenched with practically double the February common for rainfall to this point this month.
Average rainfall for the entire of February within the nation was 66.05mm (2.6in).
A climate warning for the worst of the rain was issued for South London, East Sussex and Kent, lasting from yesterday afternoon till 9am this morning.
A Met Office spokesman mentioned: ‘With the bottom already saturated this will likely result in some flooding and disruption.’
Heavy rain final Thursday brought on flooding on roads and railway strains within the West Midlands and Wales.
Several colleges had been compelled to shut in Herefordshire and Worcestershire as a result of threat of floods.
Meanwhile, there have been ‘treacherous highway situations’ and rail providers had been disrupted.
The Met Office mentioned that as we speak is because of be ‘largely dry with sunny spells’, with just a few showers, largely within the northeast.
More rain is about to unfold south-east tomorrow, which is able to then be ‘brighter with showers within the North’.
And forecasters say Wednesday is because of start dry ‘with additional rain arriving from the west, turning heavy at occasions by means of Thursday’ when ‘a broad band of cloud and rain is prone to unfold throughout a lot of the UK’ and it is because of be ‘windy at occasions’.
Unsettled situations are set to proceed into subsequent weekend ‘with areas of showers typically banding collectively for longer spells of rain, this heavy at occasions’.
In some areas, ‘clearer spells in a single day’ will permit fog and frost to develop.
Met Office spokesman Graeme Madge mentioned the additional moist climate due tomorrow and Thursday may convey rain totalling greater than 50mm (2in).
He mentioned: ‘On Tuesday, the very best totals are trying round Western Scotland, North West England and North Wales.
‘Highest totals are round 10mm (0.4in) to 20mm (0.8in) in these areas with the entrance decreasing in depth because it strikes nearer to the South East.
‘Thursday is displaying extra widespread rain, however accumulations are highest in North West England and west Scotland with totals of 20mm (0.8in) to 40mm (1.6in) in uncovered areas.
‘There remains to be a little bit of uncertainty with the precise totals at this second in time, so particulars may change as we transfer nearer to those intervals.
‘Elsewhere a lot of the rain totals are trying round 5mm (0.2in) with the odd increased floor getting 5mm to 10mm (0.4in).’
In extra upbeat information, settled and spring-like climate is because of develop in the direction of the center of March with some in a single day frosts, the Met Office added.
