Met Office warns of flood risks as deluge of rain set to hit the south

Southern parts of England are in for a washout this weekend as 18-hour yellow weather warnings come into force.

Millions are facing a very wet Sunday following on from a freezing night, with the lowest temperatures dropping to -6°C in parts of Scotland.

The Met Office has put two yellow weather warnings for rain in place, covering the south east and the south west of England.

The warning in the south west is in place until midnight on Sunday, while the south east warning comes into force at 3pm on Sunday and runs until 9am on Monday, with the potential to cause rush hour chaos on the M25 and the railways.

It’s feared up to 60mm of rain could fall, as Met Office spokesman Greg Dewhurst warned of an ‘unsettled’ day caused by an area of low pressure moving across the south of the UK.

He added: ‘It will bring some heavy rain and some strong winds as well.

It’ll be a wet and windy day across southern England today (Picture: Metro Graphics)

The weather warning in Kent will stay in place until Monday morning (Picture: Metro Graphics)

It was a chilly night and many woke up to frost this morning (Picture: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock)

‘This rain is falling on saturated ground and could lead to some localised flooding problems.

‘Take care if you are travelling through the day on Sunday across southern counties.’

The weather warnings explain: ‘Rain will move east across England on Sunday morning, persisting through much of the day before slowly easing later.

’15-25mm of rainfall is expected quite widely with 40-60mm over Dartmoor and Exmoor.

‘There is a small chance of these higher accumulations falling in some lower lying parts of Devon and Cornwall too.

‘Rain is expected to arrive across Sussex and Kent during Sunday afternoon, persisting through the night before slowly clearing on Monday morning.

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’15-25mm rainfall is likely widely, perhaps with as much as 40mm in a few places.

‘With the ground already saturated this may lead to some flooding and disruption.’

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