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Brits brace for more rain & flooding after Storm Bram as Met Office issues yellow warnings for the weekend
BRITS are bracing for more rain and flooding after Storm Bram as the Met Office issues yellow warnings for the weekend.
A weekend washout is expected in parts of the country on Saturday and Sunday with potential travel disruption and power outages.
It comes after Storm Bram began ravaging the west coast, as well as parts of the north of the UK, on Monday before eventually clearing on Wednesday.
Now, the Met Office has issued yellow rain warnings covering parts of north Wales, northwest England and southwest Scotland.
Persistent and heavy rain is expected to sweep in over the weekend from the west.
They said rainfall totals of more than 30mm are likely across the warnings areas with higher amounts possible over exposed upland regions.
A yellow weather warning is in place for southwest Scotland and Strathclyde on both Saturday and Sunday.
Between 30-40mm of rainfall could accumulate quite widely with 60-80mm across high ground.
The Met Office warned flooding of homes and businesses is possible and bus and train services could be delayed.
While some interruption to power supplies and other services is likely.
Cumbria and Lancashire in the North West, Durham and Northumberland in the North East and North Yorkshire should also expect periods of heavy rain across the weekend.
Travel disruption and flooding could also be seen in these areas that could make road and rail journey times longer.
While the Met Office added there will be a chance communities could be cut off by flooded roads.
There may also be some interruption to power supplies and other services with flooding of homes and businesses possible.
These areas could see 30-50mm of rainfall and 100mm across some higher ground.
Areas of Wales have also been issued a yellow rain warning on Sunday with periods of heavy rain expected in
This includes Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Gwynedd and Powys, all of which could see between 30-40mm of rainfall as well as potential flooding and travel disruption.
The weekend’s wet weather is expected to ease throughout Sunday afternoon and into the evening while strong south-westerly winds are also possible.
Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Rebekah Hicks said: “While there is still some uncertainty around the timing of individual pulses of heavy rain, the combination of prolonged rainfall and already saturated ground means there is a chance of further disruption to travel and localised flooding.
“We expect further unsettled conditions to continue into next week and are closely monitoring developments.”
Looking ahead to the rest of the month, the agency said the weather will remain unsettled with more wet and windy weather expected but it remains too early to provide a forecast for Christmas.
Many Brits are still reeling after Storm Bram wreaked havoc up and down the United Kingdom this week.
It brought winds of up to 90 miles per hour, prompting the Met Office to issue amber warnings.
The storm even left an iconic cricket ground completely submerged in water.
Bram also bombarded parts of the country with biblical amounts of rain, with up to 104.7mm falling in Wiltshire.
