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
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