TORRENTIAL rain has sparked flood alerts and weather warnings as Brits brace for two days of downpours and disruption.
ال Met Office has issued three yellow weather warnings, two of which last for the whole weekend, في حين 52 flood alerts are in place.
All three warnings are for rain and warn of travel delays, while saying flooding of homes and businesses is possible.
The first warning covers a large area of mid-اسكتلندا, with parts of Dundee, Perth و Stirling all affected.
People in those areas should be aware that the Met say that flooding of buildings is “المحتمل أن”.
The region is set to see a shorter but more intense burst of rainfall, with the warning lasting from midday today to midnight tonight.
The second warning covers the South ويلز coast, بما فيها كارديف, and is in place from 2pm today to 3am tomorrow.
في أثناء, the third warning covers the south coast, all the way from mid-كورنوال ل بورتسموث.
This also in place from 2pm to 3am tomorrow.
ومع ذلك, it’s not only the areas within the warnings at risk of flooding.
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The Environment Agency has issued four flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected.
These cover the areas around Climping Beach in West ساسكس, around the River Nene in كمبريدجشير, في Sandhurst, بيركشاير and in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
The agency has also issued 52 flood alerts, which mean that flooding is possible, in areas ranging from بريستول to Leicestershire to Morecambe Bay, ولكن مرة واحدة في الداخل.
The Met Office forecast for tonight predicts heavy and persistent rain moving eastwards with coastal gales in the North and West.
For most areas outside of the warnings, رغم ذلك, conditions are likely to remain fairly dry and mild.
The long range forecast suggests that drier conditions will persist through the week and temperatures will fall slightly but remain stable.
