{"id":12463,"date":"2024-09-26T02:54:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T02:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/more-heavy-rain-expected-across-england-and-wales-met-office-warns\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T02:54:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T02:54:44","slug":"more-heavy-rain-expected-across-england-and-wales-met-office-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/more-heavy-rain-expected-across-england-and-wales-met-office-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"More heavy rain expected across England and Wales, Met Office warns"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Billing Aquadrome holiday park in Northamptonshire was evacuated on Tuesday night<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The Met Office has issued new yellow weather warnings for rain on Thursday and Friday, after days of thunderstorms and downpours caused flooding across parts of central and southern England.<\/p>\n

Warnings for heavy rain are in place for most of England, excluding the north-west and parts of the West Midlands, and much of Wales. <\/p>\n

The Environment Agency has 27 flood warnings<\/a> and 60 less severe flood alerts in place across England.<\/p>\n

Heavy rain over the weekend and Monday saw houses and businesses flooded, roads and fields submerged in water, rail services cancelled and delayed, rivers overflowing, and even a football stadium closed in London after a sinkhole formed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Drone video shows collapsed pitch at AFC Wimbledon<\/figcaption><\/p>\n
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The Met Office also issued a yellow warning for rain in Northern Ireland from Wednesday evening until noon on Thursday. Heavy rain could lead to flooding and transport disruptions in places.<\/p>\n

BBC Weather’s lead presenter Simon King said the rain is not expected to be as heavy as in recent days, but could still lead to flooding due to water levels already being high in places.<\/p>\n

The warnings<\/a> issued for the week ahead are:<\/p>\n