UK weather warning as Met Office issue flood alerts for east of England – here are the places affected
Warnings are in place for much of the country, with more rain expected today
THE UK has been hit by torrential rain and flash flooding, causing travel chaos after half a month of rain fell in a matter of hours.
The east, south and south-east of England have been the worst hit - but this morning amber and yellow warnings have been put in place up and down the country.
Recently, we've enjoyed balmy temperatures of up to 34C - but temperatures are now set to plummet at the weekend.
Met Office meteorologist Martin Combe explained: "The storms are quite slow moving so it means the amounts are starting to build up over time, so we may get higher figures and localised flooding.
"The showers and thunderstorms are going to carry on for quite some time moving slowly north and eastwards, remaining around London through the morning and all afternoon in East Anglia.
"They will eventually clear off to the east, but it will be cool behind them. While it won't be any colder than average it is going to feel a lot cooler than it has been."
So, it looks like the rain won't be letting up just yet - but is where you live affected by today's ongoing weather chaos? Here's a full list of amber and yellow warnings issued by the Met Office this morning:
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Amber warnings
East of England
Essex, Thurrock, Hertfordshire
London and South East England
Kent, Greater London, Surrey, West Sussex, Hampshire, Southampton, Bracknell Forest, Windsor and Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Wokingham, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth
Yellow warnings
East Midlands
Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Rutland
East of England
Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk, Thurrock
London and South East England
Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Greater London, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Medway, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham
North East England
Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland
North West England
Cheshire East, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire West and Chester
South West England
Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Poole, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire
Wales
Monmouthshire, Newport
West Midlands
Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands Conurbation, Worcestershire
Yorkshire & Humber
East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, York