Met Office weather warning: flooding possible in East Lancs

Areas of heavy rain could result in some disruption all day on Monday, September 23, the Met Office has warned this morning, Saturday.

It comes after temperatures rose this week, following a period of wetter, chillier weather.

The Met Office warns that communities could be cut off by flooded roads and that spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and road closures.

Power cuts are also possible, according to the weather agency, with the potential for homes and businesses to be flooded, as well as delays or cancellations to train and bus services.

The Met Office says: “Areas of heavy rain are expected to affect many parts of England and Wales during Monday.

“There is still some uncertainty regarding which areas will be affected by the heaviest rain, but at this stage parts of the Midlands, northeast England and east Wales look most likely to see the greatest accumulations.

“However, anywhere within the warning area could have impactful rainfall through the course of Monday.

“There is potential that 30-50 mm could develop in any part of the warning area, much of which could fall in six hours or less. Some locations could see 80-100 mm over the course of 12 to 24 hours.”

The yellow warning covers much of the country on Monday (Image: Met Office, MapTiler, OpenStreetMap contributors)

According to the Met Office’s "impact matrix", the weather event – which affects much of England and most of Wales – has a "low likelihood and a medium impact".

A yellow weather warning is the lowest level of warning issued by the weather agency.

Higher level warnings issued by the agency are amber warnings and the rare red warnings.

Warnings in other parts of the country are also in place this weekend, with a yellow thunderstorm warning in place on Saturday for all of Wales, and much of the midlands and the south.

On Sunday, a yellow warning for rain is in place for much of the midlands, south, and Wales.