UK weather: Met Office warns of more flooding in south east England this weekend

 
Flood warning: more wet weather is due to hit London this weekend Picture: Jeremy Selwyn
Staff|Agency18 January 2014

Flooding is set to hit parts of southern England this weekend as forecasters warn of more heavy rain.

The Met Office has issued more than 40 flood warnings, many of which are in the south east.

Saturated ground from the wet weather during the past month means the public should be mindful of the possibility of localised flooding, forecasters said.

The Met Office's warning was valid from 5am and runs until 7pm this evening.

"Rain, heavy and persistent in places, will continue to affect much of south-west England and South Wales this morning, slowly clearing again from the west this afternoon," forecasters said.

Krista Mitchell from the Met Office added: "Given that the ground there is already quite saturated there's a risk of localised flooding."

She said that 20mm is expected but some parts could see 30mm-40mm.

The Environment Agency has 41 flood warnings - 23 in the South East, 11 in the South West, five in Anglia and two in the Midlands. There are 150 flood alerts in place.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in