The Met Office is continuing to issue weather warnings as a result of the ongoing unsettled weather and heavy rain – the forecaster has issued a number of National Severe Weather Warnings this week for parts of England, Scotland and Wales.

Yesterday rain moved across much of England, Wales and southern Scotland, turning heavy and persistent in places. The Met Office said that over eastern parts of the UK around 30 to 50mm of rain was likely to fall quite widely, particularly from southeast Scotland to northern Northumberland where there is a yellow rain warning in place. An amber warning for heavy has also been issued for parts of southeast Scotland, where 80 to 100mm of rain is possible over higher ground.

Chief meteorologist, Dan Suri said:

“It has been a very wet week for many and some parts of England, particularly in the east have seen almost two months’ worth of rain in 48 hours.

“Severe weather warnings for rain and thunderstorms are in place over the next few days and these are likely to cause further surface water flooding, river flooding and travel disruption.

“The development of weather conditions leading to thunderstorms and intense rainfall can happen extremely quickly, creating a challenge for forecasters. We will update warnings accordingly, but we urge people to continue to check the forecast and the app for updates during this period.”

The UK flood alert service currently has 23 flood warnings in place where flooding is expected and immediate action is required, together with 68 flood alerts where flooding is possible.

The latest Met Office forecast for Wednesday 12 June 2019 to Sunday 16 June 2019 said that flooding from surface water and rivers was possible but not expected across parts of north, central and east England and Wales through Thursday morning. Localised surface water flooding is also possible across the south-east of England this afternoon. Ongoing local river flooding is then “probable for central England on Friday” and possible into the weekend, the forecaster said.