Met Office issues urgent 18-hour weather warning as Britain braces for another storm
Britons have been warned to expect adverse weather conditions as another potential named storm hurtles towards the UK.
The Met Office has issued an 18-hour weather warning for parts of the country as another named storm is set to strike just days after Storm Debi wreacked havoc.
The yellow rain warning is in place from 9:46am Wednesday morning until midday. The forecaster has warned residents of travel chaos as torrential downpours are expected to cause local disruption.
Areas affected include southwest Scotland, Lothian Borders and Strathclyde.
A second has also been put in place for Thursday across Wales, the south west and south east between midnight and 6pm - some 18 hours.
The weather service said: "Rain will turn heavy at times through the morning before easing towards midday.
"Some places in the warning area will see 20 mm in 1-2 hours which given the recent rainfall, may bring some localised flooding."
Speaking exclusively to the Express.co.uk, British Weather Services' Jim Dale said: "It’s all about rain… again!
"South west Scotland more or less now for the next couple of hours, southern-most England & Wales tonight through daylight hours of Thursday.
"Focus mainly on Cornwall, where we could see 20-25mm and some localised flooding inevitable.
"High water tables and swollen rivers making what’s a bog standard event ‘warning worthy’."
Storm Debi followed Storm Ciaran last week which left swaths of the country under torrents of gushing floodwater.
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An Irish postwoman was taken to hospital after being hit by flying debris in County Limerick during Storm Debi, according to the postal service.
In a statement, a spokeswoman for An Post said: “Thankfully she was not seriously injured.”
Storm Debi also left homes without power.
The Environment Agency has more than 110 flood alerts in force, and more than 10 ‘act now’ flood warnings.
River levels are expected to rise through the week as Government officials desperately pump water from flooded waterways across northern, and southern Britain.
