UK braced for three days of heavy rain as flood warnings issued
Dozens of flood warnings and alerts have been issued as parts of the UK are braced for three days of heavy rain.
Severe weather warnings are in place for northwest England, parts of Wales and the South West, with"persistent" rain forecast on Sunday - while further warnings have been issued for Monday and Tuesday. More than 30 flood warnings - meaning flooding is expected and immediate action is required - have been issued by the Environment Agency.
Lorenzo is said to be 'the strongest hurricane east of 45 degrees west longitude in the Atlantic on record'The Met Office said"rainfall totals are starting to mount up" after torrential downpours hit central and southern parts of the UK on Saturday.Met Office forecaster Mark Wilson said:"It's going to be a pretty unsettled 24 hours - we've already had pretty heavy rain across central and southern parts of the UK and those rainfall tallies are starting to mount up.
"It's going to be quite wet across much of England, Wales and Northern Ireland and it will be quite windy particularly across the south coast, although through Sunday it will slowly clear its way eastward.
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