More than 160 flood warnings and alerts complicate the UK weather outlook this week (Picture: Shutterstock)
Large parts of the UK are now prone to flooding after days of persistent rain which is expected to continue this week.
There are now 35 flood warnings in place across the country, marking areas where flooding is expected.
A further 132 flood alerts have been issued for areas where flooding is possible.
The most vulnerable spots are concentrated in south-western England, though there are a handful in East Anglia, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire and the North East.
These are the 35 places where flooding is expected to occur
The medium-risk areas are spread more widely, also covering London, the Midlands and more of the North West.
The Met Office is forecasting a mostly dry Monday, with ‘outbreaks of drizzle’ in the east and light rain in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
This will be followed by drizzle and showers across the UK on Tuesday which could ‘turn heavy at times’.
But there are another 132 places deemed at risk of flooding when more rain hits the UK
A wide front of heavy rain will hit Wales and north-west England in the morning before moving east, thinning out as it travels across the country so the east coast will only experience drizzle.
Wednesday is expected to bring more isolated showers concentrated in noth-west England, north-west Wales, Scotland and Belfast.
On Thursday, much of Scotland, Northern Ireland are set to experience light rain, with heavier showers in Cumbria.
Similar patterns are likely to recur on Friday, though the Greater Manchester area faces downpours in the morning while northern Wales could be soaked in the afternoon.
Some areas could witness a repeat of last month’s heavy flooding (Picture: PA)
The long-range forecast indicates ‘broadly unsettled’ weather on the weekend.
The Met Office says ‘further bands of rain [are] expected to push in from the west and southwest, breaking to showers at times’.
‘Into the new week temperatures trend down toward average for the time of year as the broadly unsettled pattern continues with periods of rain, heaviest in western areas push across the country to be followed by occasional showers, with a risk of thunderstorms mainly in the south,’ it added.
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