UK faces a battering of 60mph winds after washout week
A weather warning for strong winds has been issued for this weekend after much of England suffered heavy rain and flooding yesterday.
Commuters in parts of England faced disruption on road and rail services with social media images showing tracks at a train station in Shropshire completely submerged and abandoned cars on an empty motorway in Gloucestershire.
An amber rain warning issued by the Met Office for areas of the Midlands and the south of the country, and a separate yellow rain warning for large parts of England and Wales, both ended on Friday.
But the Met Office has now issued a further yellow weather warning of strong winds which may cause disruption across the south west of England and Wales on Sunday.
Winds will strengthen from west to east during Sunday, with gusts of 50-55 mph likely in places, exceeding 60mph in some areas.
The Met Office said this will be accompanied by outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, which could lead to some surface water and spray.
Which areas are affected by the wind warning?
South West England
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Isles of Scilly
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- Torbay
Wales
- Bridgend
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Gwynedd
- Neath Port Talbot
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- Vale of Glamorgan
Winds will gradually ease across Wales and inland parts of south west England through Sunday evening and night, but it may remain fairly windy along some coasts of southern and south-western England during Sunday night.
Some coastal routes, sea fronts and coastal communities will be affected by spray and large waves, with some delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport likely, along with disruption to bus and train services.
Earlier areas affected by the amber rain warning, including Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and the West Midlands, were hit by flash floods as the Met Office said the regions could have 30-40mm of rainfall within three hours.
Rail services between Shrewsbury in Shropshire and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands were cancelled, with disruption expected all morning, after severe flooding at Wellington station and a tree on the line earlier.
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