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UK flooding and travel chaos expected under new Met Office weather warning

Somerset hit by heavy flooding in Storm Chandra as major incident declared
  • The Met Office has issued fresh weather warnings for the UK later this week.
  • A yellow weather warning for heavy rain will affect London, South East England, South West England, Wales, and the West Midlands on Thursday.
  • This heavy rainfall is expected to cause surface water flooding and potential travel disruption in affected areas.
  • Northern and eastern Scotland are under a separate warning until Wednesday 3pm for sleet, snow, and strong winds, which could lead to blizzard conditions.
  • The fresh weather warnings come as areas of the South West recover from flooding caused by Storm Chandra last week.
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