{"id":17921,"date":"2024-11-27T08:09:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/storm-conall-brings-more-rain-to-parts-of-england-and-wales\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T08:09:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:09:36","slug":"storm-conall-brings-more-rain-to-parts-of-england-and-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/storm-conall-brings-more-rain-to-parts-of-england-and-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Conall brings more rain to parts of England and Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Storm Conall is bringing heavy rain to south-east England, threatening further issues in flood-hit areas still cleaning up from Storm Bert.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">As of Wednesday morning, there were 99 flood warnings in England, including a severe &#8220;danger to life&#8221; notice for the River Nene in Northamptonshire, as well as four in Wales.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for rainfall in parts of southern England from 22:00 GMT on Tuesday until midday on Wednesday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Rain is set to clear from eastern England into Wednesday afternoon, though the worst of the storm will not hit the UK.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Heavy rain over Tuesday night has resulted in nearly 50mm of rain falling on Dartmoor and widely 20-30mm elsewhere across southern England.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">With rain continuing through Wednesday morning, rainfall totals will edge up a bit further for some places around Dorset, Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, Essex and Kent.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A yellow Met Office rain warning is in force for these regions until midday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">While there has been overnight rain elsewhere across England and Wales, including areas flooded during Storm Bert, rain totals have been lower at around 3-8mm so should not lead to more flooding issues.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The rain is linked to a developing area of low pressure crossing west to east across southern England.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The worst of Conall will be felt in the Netherlands. There will be some strong winds in eastern England later on Wednesday as it develops over the North Sea.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Flood warnings are concentrated along the River Severn, from Shropshire into Gloucestershire, the Bristol Avon, as well as the River Nene in Northamptonshire.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A severe flood warning for the Billing Aquadrome holiday park &#8211; where <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c8rlz5kd8mvo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">a major incident was declared over the weekend<!-- --><\/a> &#8211; and nearby businesses along the Nene remains in place. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Heavy rainfall and strong winds <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c93qe00lw34o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">brought by Storm Bert over the weekend<!-- --><\/a> led to at least five deaths, while homes, roads and rail networks faced major disruption.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Many communities are still cleaning up after homes and businesses were inundated by floodwater.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Conall is the third &#8220;named&#8221; storm of the season, after Ashley and Bert.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The storm was named by the Dutch Weather Service, which along with the Met Office and Met Eireann in Ireland, name storms for ease of communication.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The storms list &#8211; first launched in 2015 &#8211; for each year generally runs from early September until late August the following year, coinciding with the beginning of autumn.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/czxvlkql232o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storm Conall is bringing heavy rain to south-east England, threatening further issues in flood-hit areas still cleaning up from Storm Bert. As of Wednesday morning, there were 99 flood warnings in England, including a severe &#8220;danger to life&#8221; notice for the River Nene in Northamptonshire, as well as four in Wales. 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