{"id":119035,"date":"2023-10-08T08:49:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T08:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=119035"},"modified":"2023-10-08T08:49:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T08:49:56","slug":"two-weeks-of-rain-to-batter-uk-in-two-hours-as-met-office-issues-new-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/two-weeks-of-rain-to-batter-uk-in-two-hours-as-met-office-issues-new-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Two weeks of rain to batter UK in two hours as Met Office issues new alert"},"content":{"rendered":"
The UK is bracing itself for half a month\u2019s rainfall in just a few hours with more flooding and travel disruption on the cards today.<\/p>\n
Parts of Scotland will receive plenty of rain warns the Met Office, as they release amber weather warnings for three regions. The North and East will see most of this, with rain becoming heavy and persistent and will eventually lead to flooding in Central, Tayside & Fife, Grampian and Highlands & Eilean Siar by this afternoon. <\/p>\n
The amber weather warning will last until 2pm today, reports the Mirror. It comes after flash floods tore through Scotland yesterday.<\/p>\n
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Writing on its website, Met Office says: "The band of rain across central and western parts of Scotland will move slowly north and east through this evening and overnight, before clearing later Sunday. Rain will become heavy and persistent with some places seeing 40-60mm, and perhaps up to 80mm in one or two spots.<\/p>\n
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"This rain falling onto already saturated ground and into river catchments that are already high will lead to further flooding and transport disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n
Typically, the UK sees an average rainfall of 120mm across the whole of October. With 60mm widely expected across Scotland and 80mph in odd spots, some regions will experience a significant portion of a typical month's rainfall. <\/p>\n
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Ground is already saturated in some of these areas and so residents are warned to be wary about flooding.<\/p>\n
But, like on Saturday, there will be a north-south divide with the weather today too. Temperatures could peak at around 25C in the southeast of England, including in and around London, and across central counties. It will be a warm evening, forecasters said.<\/p>\n