UK weather: More yellow warnings issued as wet weekend stretches into Monday with destructive ‘danger to life’ floods

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FORECASTERS have issued another yellow weather warning as a wet weekend is set to stretch into Monday.

Brits have been warned of more heavy rain and storms set to lash the UK with destructive “danger to life” flooding possible.

Bav MediaFields and roads around Welney in Norfolk remain flooded this morning[/caption]

PAFlooding in Hastings town centre today[/caption]

MET OfficeA new yellow weather warning is in place across Norther Ireland on Sunday[/caption]

There are currently three alerts in place today, one covering parts of northern Scotland including Aberdeen and Perth in effect from midday until 6pm.

Those in Northern Ireland are similarly affected with the warning stretching across most of Belfast and surrounding areas within the same time frame.

Meanwhile, London and the south east coast including Brighton and Portsmouth have also been issued the notice.

The warning was in place from 12am and is set to end at midnight.

The Met Office warned Brits can expect “a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings”.

Meteorologists also warned there’s a chance some will be temporarily cut off by flooded roads and hit with power outages.

Traffic and delayed journey times while using train and bus services are also possible.

Forecasters have now issued more yellow weather warnings for Sunday affecting the same areas.

A new alert was activated across parts of Northern Ireland as frequent heavy showers are predicted to hit from 9pm tonight until midday tomorrow.

Up to 30mm of rainfall is expected to come down in six hours in badly hit areas.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Frank Saunders, said: “As we head through the rest of the week low pressure systems in the Atlantic will feed weather fronts across the UK, bringing rain and showers for many.

“High pressure close to Scandinavia acts to block the progress of weather fronts, causing them to stall at times, bringing prolonged, heavy rainfall for some, particularly to the West and south. 

“There will also be more rainfall feeding in from the east coast into eastern Scotland and northeast England, areas so badly impacted by Storm Babet. 

“This rainfall won’t be as heavy as last week’s but has the potential to cause some further impacts, or perhaps to delay recovery and repair work.”

And, on Monday, a yellow weather warning remains in place across Aberdeen, Perth and parts of Glasgow until midnight.

It comes after Storm Babet tragically left seven people dead and thousands of homes underwater.

On Monday emergency services recovered the body of Peter Pelling, 61, who was swept away in floodwater in Marykirk, Aberdeenshire, on Friday morning.

The following day a woman in her 80s died after her flat filled with water in the severe flooding.

Meanwhile in Chesterfield cops described as “a sudden death” which they believe was weather-related.

It was also revealed a horror car pile-up on the M4 on Friday was weather-related, according to MailOnline.

The crash involved a lorry and four cars and saw the lives of two women taken – Cheryl Woods, 61, and Sarha Smith, 40.

Tragically a teenage driver was also killed in a crash amid the wet conditions just an hour later.

And, an 18-year-old was also left fighting for his life on Friday night after the car he was travelling in smashed into a wall in a West Yorkshire village.

The Sun understands the horrendous weather conditions were a factor in the horror smash.

PAStranded vehicles can be seen in a flooded car park in Tewkesbury, as flood warnings remain in place for the Gloucestershire town[/caption]

Bav MediaFlooding in Norfolk this morning after frequent and heavy rain[/caption]

Not known, clear with picture deskA rain warning covering certain parts of northern Scotland on Monday[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]

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