The Met Office has expanded the areas affected by a yellow weather warning for rain it first issued on Thursday. The alert has been in place since August 28 at 10pm, and will last until 12pm today, August 29.
The warning read: “Heavy showers and longer spells of heavy rain may bring some disruption to transport and infrastructure.” Flooding of some homes and businesses, it added, is “likely”, and roads could also be affected by the heavy rain.
The spell of heavy rain is set to move from the west to the east of the country on Friday, bringing lots of precipitation to some places.
The Met Office said: “Whilst not everywhere will see the heavy showers or rain, where they do occur 10-20 mm of rain in less than an hour is possible.
“50-70 mm of rain is possible in a few hours where heavy showers become more prolonged, this most likely near coasts. Some flooding in these wetter areas is possible.
“A few showers could be accompanied by the odd rumble of thunder, again this more likely near to coasts. Heavy showers and rain should clear into the North Sea by early afternoon.”
The bad weather is being caused by the fall out from two powerful storms from across the Atlantic Ocean.
Hurricane Erin hit the east coast of the US and Canada last week after first descending on the Caribbean. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Fernand has remained over the Atlantic and posed little risk to land.
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