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| Met Office warnings in place for heavy rain | Met Office warnings in place for heavy rain |
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| Further heavy rain is expected across parts of England and Scotland as July threatens to end on a wet note. | Further heavy rain is expected across parts of England and Scotland as July threatens to end on a wet note. |
| Weather warnings for Sunday morning have been issued by the Met Office. | Weather warnings for Sunday morning have been issued by the Met Office. |
| An amber warning - meaning be prepared - covers north-west England, north-east England, Yorkshire and Humber, and the West and East Midlands. | An amber warning - meaning be prepared - covers north-west England, north-east England, Yorkshire and Humber, and the West and East Midlands. |
| The Met Office warned people of the risk of disruption mainly due to surface water flooding. A number of flood warnings and alerts are in place. | |
| There are also yellow warnings of heavy rain - meaning be aware - for the East of England, London and the South East, Strathclyde, south-west Scotland and Lothian and Borders. | |
| The Environment Agency has two flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected, and 32 flood alerts in place in England, meaning flooding is possible. | |
| The warnings relate to the River Spodden, at Whitworth, Lancashire, and Blackburn Brook and Charlton Brook, in South Yorkshire. | |
| There are 23 flood alerts in north-east England, eight in the Midlands and one in the Anglian region. | |
| The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued seven flood alerts in central and southern areas. | |
| Flood alerts mean flooding is possible and "be prepared". | |
| BBC weather forecaster Philip Avery said: "After a prolonged, dry and warm spell of weather, it's often the case that it all comes to an end with some really torrential downpours. | BBC weather forecaster Philip Avery said: "After a prolonged, dry and warm spell of weather, it's often the case that it all comes to an end with some really torrential downpours. |
| "And that's certainly been the way of it through the course of Saturday evening and into the first part of Sunday." | "And that's certainly been the way of it through the course of Saturday evening and into the first part of Sunday." |
| He said some areas may well see 50mm (2in) to 75mm (3in) of rain on Sunday. | He said some areas may well see 50mm (2in) to 75mm (3in) of rain on Sunday. |
| The Met Office said heavy downpours would occur across parts of the north Midlands into the early hours of Sunday and increasingly across northern England until late morning. | The Met Office said heavy downpours would occur across parts of the north Midlands into the early hours of Sunday and increasingly across northern England until late morning. |
| There will be some short duration, torrential rainfall, it said. | There will be some short duration, torrential rainfall, it said. |
| Met Office yellow warnings mean "be aware" and amber warnings mean "be prepared". | Met Office yellow warnings mean "be aware" and amber warnings mean "be prepared". |