This is valid for thursday and into friday. Deep floodwaters are possible, damage to homes and businesses from the flash floods and River Flooding too. That is still to come. Its not happening at the moment. The weather is in the process of going downhill. This is the Rainfall Accumulation we have been showing you this graphic for the last two or three days. You can see the signs for a fair amount of rainfall, but there are distinct spots in the uk and it looks like the south east could see heavy rain too. But it is really this part of the country we are focusing on. For today, the wet weather spreads into southern and western parts of the uk. The rain doesnt even necessarily have to be torrential at any moment, it is more that it will be very persistent in certain parts of the country over the next few days. Early on thursday, the heaviest rain is across the north of england and the lakes in two parts of scotland and northern ireland. In the south, there is even a bit of brightness in
Damage, possibly loss of power and there will be deep and possibly fast flowing floodwater. You can keep up to date with the forecast on the bbc weather website and bbc local radio. Thanks, elizabeth. And thats bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. From the six team, its goodbye. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im jane dougall. Man of the match, but so much more. Well look atjude bellinghams brilliance against italy, and his future for england. A big night for Manchester United women as they travel to paris to take on ps6 in the champions league. Glasgow city are also in action. And staying in france, the semifinals of the Rugby World Cup are approaching. Well be live from paris with the teams for the huge match between argentina and new zealand. Also coming up on sportsday. A commanding performance from new zealand cricketers as they shoot straight to the top of the table in the world cup. And a calmly taken penalty puts eight tier sheppey i
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