Met Office issues warnings with UK set to be drenched by wet weather

Yellow weather warnings are in place for much of East England, from Brighton up to Norwich (Picture: George Cracknell Wright)

The east of England is set to face heavy rain until at least Sunday afternoon after fresh weather warnings have been issued.

Earlier today the Met Office said there was a a yellow weather warning for areas from Brighton to Norwich, including London. 

Forecasters expect between 10 and 15mm of rain, with extremes of 20 mm, before the skies may begin to clear a little around 12pm. 

In an alert ahead of the wet weather today, the Met Office said: ‘Rain may cause some travel disruption and flooding on Sunday morning.’

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Forecasters say that some flooding of homes and businesses is likely

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It added that people may expect bus and train services to be affected, with spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times by car longer. 

Additionally, ‘flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely’, with ‘some interruption to power supplies and other services [also] likely.’

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