UK weather: New yellow warning raises fears of further flooding | UK news

A new weather warning has been issued. There is a possibility of heavy rain, strong winds and the risk of further flooding.

Some areas are affected by more than a month Rain in the last 24 hours – the rising waters damaged houses and made roads impassable.

Already on Tuesday, commuters were faced with difficult driving conditions and several road closures, and there were also disruptions to rail traffic.

The yellow warning applies throughout Thursday and covers an area from Nottinghamshire to Northumberland.

The Met Office said: “Heavy and persistent rainfall is expected across parts of northern England and the northern Midlands for most of Thursday.”

“The heaviest rainfall is likely to be in the Pennines and North York Moors, where 80-100mm of rainfall could accumulate throughout the day.

“Strong winds can also affect coastal towns and routes over higher ground.”

The Environment Agency (EA) has issued flood warnings – the second highest level of warning – for several areas of England, including parts of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Kent And Somerset.

Some of the areas included:

• River Nene in Northamptonshire between Northampton and Wellingborough
• River Ouzel in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire between Leighton Buzzard and Milton Keynes
• Rivers Flit, Hit and Ivel in Bedfordshire around Shefford and Clifton
• River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire around the town of St. Neots

In addition to the warnings that mean “flooding is expected,” there are also dozens of alerts that indicate “flooding is possible.”

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The authority has said further light rain is expected over the next 12 hours, keeping river levels high. The respective authorities in Scotland and Wales have not issued any warnings.

Earlier, parts of Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire had seen more than 100mm of rain in the last 48 hours. In Woburn in Bedfordshire, 142.8mm of rain was recorded, more than double the average rainfall for September, according to the Met Office.

According to the National Highways, houses were damaged by the flooding and traffic was still disrupted on Tuesday.

The A421 remains closed in both directions between M1 (J13) and A6 (Bedford South).

According to National Rail, rail services are also affected in some areas, including Chiltern Railways between Birmingham Snow Hill / Birmingham Moor Street and London Marylebone, while between Bletchley and Bedford on the London Northwestern line buses replace trains.

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Electricity company National Grid said power outages occurred over the weekend that lasted as long as those seen a week earlier.

The Met Office predicts that much of southern Britain will remain dry on Tuesday, but Wales and central England may see some showers in the afternoon.

A yellow weather warning has been issued for large parts of central and southwest England until 9 p.m. on Monday.

The Carabao Cup third round match between AFC Wimbledon and Newcastle on Tuesday had to be postponed due to “severe overnight flooding” at the Cherry Red Records Stadium.