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Heavy rain across the east of England could cause flooding over the coming days, forecasters have warned.Heavy rain across the east of England could cause flooding over the coming days, forecasters have warned.
The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning of rain for the The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning of rain for the region, predicting localised flooding that could cause disruption to travel.
region, predicting localised flooding that could cause disruption to The wet weather would persist until Wednesday night, the Met said, with up to 70mm (2.76in) of rain expected in worst-hit areas including parts of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire and the Humber.
travel. The Environment Agency (EA) warned of a flood risk in the east, mainly from surface water and low-lying rivers.
The wet weather would persist until Wednesday night, the Met said, with up to 70mm (2.76in) of rain expected in worst-hit areas including parts of It said: "There may be some flooding of low-lying land and roads, some disruption to travel and possibly flooding to individual properties."
Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire and the Humber. Meteo Group forecaster Gareth Harvey said: "An area of prolonged rain is moving up over the eastern region and it's not going to shift until Wednesday night.
The Environment Agency (EA) warned of a flood risk in the east, mainly from surface water and low-lying rivers. "The rain is not exclusive to the east region but that's where the persistent and largest rainfall totals of between 50 and 70mm will be.
It said: "There may be some flooding of low-lying land and roads,
some disruption to travel and possibly flooding to individual
properties."
Meteo Group forecaster Gareth Harvey said: "An area of prolonged
rain is moving up over the eastern region and it's not going to shift
until Wednesday night.
"The rain is not exclusive to the east region but that's where the
persistent and largest rainfall totals of between 50 and 70mm will be.
"Pretty much the whole of Great Britain will see rain at some point over the next 48 hours."Pretty much the whole of Great Britain will see rain at some point over the next 48 hours.
"This means there could be some localised flooding.""This means there could be some localised flooding."
The EA has issued 10 low-level flood alerts in the south-east and The EA has issued 10 low-level flood alerts in the south-east and the Midlands, mainly warning of groundwater flooding close to rivers.
the Midlands, mainly warning of groundwater flooding close to rivers.