UK weather: Met Office issues yellow warning for rain as remnants of hurricane approach Britain

Downpours to soak south of England and Wales, forecasters say

Parts of the UK are to be soaked by heavy rain as the remnants of a hurricane hit the country over the next few days.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Tuesday, with downpours expected across the south of England and Wales.

Forecasters said the rain was “loosely” linked to Hurricane Humberto, which lashed Bermuda on Wednesday before weakening as it travelled across the Atlantic.

The remains of the storm, which was category three at its peak this week, are set to bring wet and windy weather to Britain.

Met Office meteorologist Luke Miall: “We could see 20mm to 40 mm of rain within nine hours and possibly the worst case scenario is of 70mm in some spots.”

He added there was the “possibility of the odd rumble of thunder” in some areas on Tuesday, in contrast to recent dry days and sunshine.

The yellow weather warning is in place from midnight until 3pm, stretching from London and the Southeast to the Southwest, southern Wales and Herefordshire.

Bus and train services may be affected and “a few” homes and businesses are likely to be flooded, the Met Office said.

The warning added: “Much of the rain will fall in a relatively short space of time, typically less than six hours.

“The location of the very heaviest rainfall is currently still somewhat uncertain.”

But there will also be pockets of sunshine over the coming days with temperatures climbing to the low 20s, slightly warmer than normal for the time of year, Mr Miall said.

The seasonal average is in the mid-to-high teens.

Yellow weather warnings for rain were also in place on Sunday, with scattered thundery showers moving north across parts of England and Wales.

It followed unseasonably warm weather, with highs of 27C, on Saturday.