Met Office issues yellow weather warning as 'heavy rain' set to smash UK in wet washout

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Met Office have issued a yellow warning for heavy downpours across parts of England and Wales.It was put in place at midnight and will not be lifted until 11am today, with the likes of the South East, North West and and West Midlands regions all affected, reports The Express.READ MORE: Prince William's revealing text to Prince Harry and Meghan before Windsor walkaboutThe Met Office has warned that the flooding of homes and businesses is possible where the rain is heaviest and that interruption to power supplies and other services could also be experienced.It added: "Following some rain during Sunday afternoon and evening another band of heavy rain is likely across parts of north Wales and into northern England from early on Monday morning.

This will be slow moving for a time with the potential for widely 20-40mm and some spots of 60-80mm, these mostly for parts of north-west Wales."With much of this rain falling in three to six hours some disruption is likely, particularly to travel during Monday morning."Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said rain localised over Northern Ireland will "push its way eastwards across the north of the UK through Sunday evening".He told the Mirror: "This rain will continue to push east and south as we head through to Monday, sunshine and showers following across Northern Ireland and Scotland. "The south and south-east of the UK still holding on to some warm and sunny weather.

Fresher for everyone into Tuesday as that rain clears away to the south-east."To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.He added: "But we will see the return of sunshine, particularly across the north and the west.