Rain and hill snow to renew flood threat in parts of UK hard-hit by Storm Chandra
Flooding has affected many areas including Salisbury in Wiltshire
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Flooding is continuing to bring disruption in the aftermath of Storm Chandra, especially to parts of south-west England.
At the peak, earlier this week, three rare 'danger to life' severe flood warnings were in place.
Whilst conditions for many communities may have eased, Met Office yellow rain warnings have been issued from Friday throughout the weekend.
The wet weather continues into the start of next week for some parts of the south-west too with another yellow warning for rain on Monday and Tuesday.
Snow is an ongoing feature in some parts of the UK
A yellow rain warning for south-west England is in place, valid from 09:00 Friday to 06:00 Saturday. It is likely to bring 10-20mm of rain, with up to 30mm over hills. A further yellow rain warning has been issued for the region from 12:00 on Monday to 09:00 on Tuesday.
Northern Ireland is also affected with a yellow rain warning valid up to 18:00 Friday, 10-25mm of rain will fall widely with up to 60mm over hills. This is likely to cause some flooding with localised disruption with rain falling on saturated ground.
Whilst not as heavy as earlier in the week, this could cause further problems or at the very least, delay the draining of the flood waters we already have, causing ongoing disruption.
With some parts of the country waking up to snow on Thursday and Friday, it could return on Monday and Tuesday on high ground across the Pennines and Scottish hills.
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As part of Storm Chandra south-west England widely recorded 40-70mm in less than 24 hours - around half a month's worth of rain. Dartmoor had the heaviest rain with White Barrow recording 105mm.
Flooding has been especially widespread and disruptive because the ground was already saturated, many areas of the UK have had a very wet month. Parts of southern England have had double the January average rainfall.
Northern Ireland and east Scotland have also seen huge falls of rain this month with some areas recording well over triple the January average rainfall with some flooding problems also reported.
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