The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for rain urging Brtitons to take care as torrential downpours are set to batter the nation.
The two alerts cover Nothern Ireland and Central, Tayside & Fife, north east England, south west Scotland and Lothian Borders.
Some areas could see up to 40mm of rainfall as the weather service warned that road flooding will likely make journeys longer and some homes and businesses could be flooded.
The alert in Northern Ireland comes into affect this evening at 9pm and lasts until 7am tomorrow, whereas the weather warning covering northern England and parts of Scotland is from 9am tomorrow morning until 8am Wednesday.
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