More than a month’s rain could have fallen in a day across parts of the UK by the end of Sunday.
Areas affected by the amber warning are likely to be flooded and people should expect some disruption to travel
A yellow warning for thunderstorms is in place across the rest of the south-west of England and South Wales until 6pm on Sunday. The Met Office said an additional 25mm-50mm of rain is expected to fall in the affected area on top of the 30mm-60mm that has already fallen in the past 12 hours. Flooding to homes and businesses, power cuts, a loss of other services to homes and travel disruption are all also possible but less likely.
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