Met Office issues yellow weather warning for Greater Manchester with threat of 'flooding' amid heavy rain
Manchester is set to be battered by heavy rain throughout Monday after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning.
The alert is in place until 11.59pm with it looking like a miserable start to the new week. The warning covers all of Greater Manchester and large parts of England with only the west coast really escaping the wet weather.
There is also a more severe amber warning in place for other parts of the country until 9pm. Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey told the PA news agency that Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and up towards the Wash and the Humber could see over a month’s worth of rain falling on Monday.
While Manchester may miss the worst of the weather rain is forecast right through until 10pm with it finally easing in the evening. According to the Met Office warning: “There is potential that 30-50 mm could develop in any part of the warning area, much of which could fall in six hours or less. Some locations could see 80-100 mm over the course of 12 to 24 hours.”
What to expect from a Met Office yellow warning?
- Some communities may be cut off by flooded roads
- Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures
- Possible power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses
- Homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings
- Delays or cancellations to train and bus services are possible