our priority has been, our concern has been, the rain that has fallen with that wind. we saw a lot of rainfall over the last few weeks, which resulted in a lot of flooding, and as a result the ground is saturated and so any rain that is falling now will fall through the day, will run off quite quickly and flow into the already swollen rivers. currently, we have 68 flood warnings in force across the country and a further 174 flood alerts, which means that flooding is possible. i would urge anybody who is thinking of going out and about to listen to the advice of other emergency services and the coastguard near the sea, and seriously consider your own safety. certainly when you are driving, we would expect to see quite a lot of surface water flooding. driving through flood water has its own risks and i would discourage anyone from doing that. if the water is deeper than about a foot, cars can start to float. you cannot see what is below floodwater. you cannot see how deep it is
on exposed coasts of 60 65, showers and spells of rain moving around the centre of the low. more rain for eastern scotland, flooded here recently, much quieter in northern ireland and western scotland. this evening and overnight, the low pressure gradually spills into the north sea, still showers spinning around particularly eastern scotland and north east england, and elsewhere a quiet night with clear spells. friday, much calmer, still the rain continues, strong gusty easterly winds, 40 50 miles an hour eastern scotland, north east england, showers continuing here, pushing across wales and northern ireland. showers further south too but also sunny spells, lighter winds. however brief period of relative calm not set to last because we have another deep low pressure spelling and from the south west as we go through friday night into saturday and that is mostly going to affect the south of the uk, southern england. localised weather warnings in place for heavy rain. further no
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