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UK weather – Hurricane Lee aftermath to batter Brits with yellow warnings for two days in a row
BRITS are braced for more wet and windy weather with the aftermath of Hurricane Lee set to batter the country.
The Met Office have issued yellow weather warnings for rain for two days straight in parts of the UK as soggy conditions continue.
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The forecasters' warnings are for 36 hours and came into place from 6am today.
Northwest England and parts of Wales are the regions which are worst affected by the warnings, according to the Met Office.
Meteorologists said remnants of Hurricane Lee, which hit New England in the US and eastern Canada, would particularly affect parts of west Wales, Cumbria and the Pennines.
However, it will no longer be a hurricane by the time it reaches UK shores.
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Forecasters added that between 50mm and 100mm of rain could fall in the areas which were issued yellow warnings.
Thousands of rail travellers were delayed after the storms blew a tree across power lines this morning.
Trains between Preston and Blackpool were suspended after the tree crashed down in a shower of sparks between Kirkham and Wesham.
National Rail said services to Blackpool North were out of action until at least 1pm while there would be delays between Preston and Blackpool South.
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Homes and businesses were hit by blackouts in some areas.
Over 200 homes were without power around Plymouth and Torquay, over 60 near Weston-super-Mare, and further north, 300 properties were blacked out in Birmingham and Coventry.
Repair gangs were out in "atrocious" weather trying to fix faults as the strong winds brought trees crashing down on overhead electricity cable
The Met Office have warned that homes and businesses are likely to flood, and electricity could be affected.
Roads may be closed at short notice due to spray and sudden floods and "difficult driving conditions" are expected on those that remain open.
Coastal gales will also develop in the west with strong winds expected to build up during the day.
A Met Office forecast read: "Rain in the west will become more persistent and heavy through this evening.
"This will start to spread southeastwards into the early hours.
"A mild night and remaining windy."
It comes after hundreds of Brits woke on Sunday night as the torrential rain bucketed down and gales battered homes.
In Sussex a "weak tornado" may have been to blame for shattering windows, the Met Office said.
The forecaster told The Sun: "It is possible that some of this vorticity (spin) could have been stretched by the strong convective updraughts and formed a short-lived/weak tornado.
"We have no observational evidence to support this, but it is possible."
And yesterday, residents in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, awoke to crashing noises and severe flooding.
Some even compared the large scale flooding to a "bomb" going off.
Another told : "People have lost their drives, they have lost their livelihoods. Really it's critical.
"The road is more or less clear here, but it will be pouring off their land for days. It's like a waterfall, it's like Niagara Falls, it's absolutely unbelievable."
Looking forward to tomorrow, rain will continue southeastwards but "winds are slowly easing for most", according to the Met Office.
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The weather from Thursday to Saturday is expected to be "changeable".
Sunshine, scattered showers and thundery weather are all possibilities on the cards for Brits.
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