Brits have been warned to brace themselves for torrential downpours across the UK.
The Environment Agency issued 14 red alerts for some parts of the southwest region. It comes as the also announced an amber warning for heavy rain and deep flood water, with people told to expect up to 4 inches of rainfall in some areas.
On Sunday, the weather service urged people to be extra cautious and stressed that fast-flowing or deep floodwater was likely to cause danger to life. The also warned people to give themselves extra time when travelling due to possible “delays and some cancellations to train and bus services”.
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The warning covered south and mid-Wales, from Newport to Carmarthen and north to Brecon, between 3pm on Sunday and 6am on Monday. Yellow weather warnings for rain also came into force for south-west England and much of the rest of south and mid-Wales from midday on Sunday until 8am on Monday.
forecaster Craig Snell said: "By the time we get to lunchtime on Monday, the rain band should have cleared most parts of the UK. It’s certainly a much brighter day, a little bit less windy, especially in the south, and that will allow temperatures just to climb a little bit. So, for example, in the South East, it could get up to about 13 or 14 degrees.”
Sarah Cook, flood duty manager at the Environment Agency, said heavy and persistenthad brought “a risk of significant inland flooding in parts of south and mid Wales”. The expert warned that localised flooding was also possible in south-west England and Cumbria on Monday morning.
“Impacts could include river and surface water flooding from urban watercourses, drains and channels," she said. "Please plan journeys carefully and 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.”
These 14 areas have been issued danger to life warnings
