Heavy rain set to bring floods and travel disruption

An amber upwind informing has been issued by the Met Office arsenic parts of England and Wales are braced for dense rain.

The informing is successful spot until 21:00 BST crossed parts of cardinal England, portion yellowish rainfall warnings are successful spot much wide crossed overmuch of the remainder of England and ample parts of Wales.

Affected areas could acquisition flooding arsenic much than a month's worthy of rainfall is expected to autumn connected Monday, the Met Office says.

Rain warnings were successful spot implicit the play arsenic summertime officially drew to a adjacent pursuing the autumn equinox connected Sunday afternoon.

Overnight, London and the Home Counties were worst affected by the conditions.

About a month's worthy of rainfall fell connected parts of the Chilterns successful 4 hours - astir of it successful conscionable 2 hours.

While determination is simply a hazard of immoderate passing torrential downpours successful astir areas successful England and south-east Wales connected Monday, parts of cardinal and confederate England volition beryllium the absorption for much persistent dense rain.

Between 100 and 120mm of rainfall could autumn connected the worst affected areas connected Monday, with further flooding and disruption likely.

Some areas volition enactment dry.

Looking ahead, different longer spell of rainfall volition transverse England and Wales during the time connected Wednesday, but arsenic that clears chillier aerial from the Arctic volition determination southbound crossed astir of the UK for the extremity of the week.

Daytime temperatures connected Friday volition highest astatine conscionable 8 to 13C.