Storm Conall to bring more rain to south England and Wales

A newly-named storm, named Conall, is forecast to bring dense rainfall to confederate England and Wales, hitting communities inactive cleaning up from Storm Bert.

The Met Office has issued yellowish upwind warnings for rainfall successful respective confederate areas of the UK from 22:00 GMT connected Tuesday until midday connected Wednesday.

The tempest has been named by the Dutch Weather Service, which on with the Met Office and Met Eireann successful Ireland, sanction storms for easiness of communication.

BBC Weather's Tomasz Schafernaker said the rainfall from Storm Conall would beryllium "initially rather heavy", earlier moving eastbound passim the night.

But helium added: "Here's the bully news, the worst of the tempest is expected to miss us.

"As it tracks crossed confederate parts of the country, it's lone conscionable going to beryllium developing, which means the worst of the upwind volition way crossed the North Sea and unluckily interaction the debased countries."

On Wednesday, the rainfall set is expected to curl back, with Lincolnshire, the Peak District and the Midlands apt to acquisition bedewed conditions, Schafernaker said.

Coastal areas of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent could besides consciousness “near gale force” winds, helium added.

In the north, frost is expected successful Scotland and the Lake District.

Heavy rainfall and beardown winds brought by Storm Bert implicit the weekend led to astatine slightest 5 deaths, portion homes, roads and obstruction networks faced large disruption.

Many communities are inactive cleaning up aft homes and businesses were inundated by floodwater.

Conall is the 3rd 'named' tempest of the season, aft Ashley and Bert.

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