BRITAIN is bracing for another battering while reeling from devastation caused by Storm Ciaran — as four new storms are set to hit within a week.
Forecasters fear a 700-mile- wide system of torrential rain and gale force winds will pummel the UK through Remembrance Weekend.
It is expected to arrive tomorrow night with Scotland hit hardest into Wednesday.
A second torment bringing devastating downpours and 70mph gusts will follow along the western coast on Thursday.
Memorial services across the weekend could be scuppered by nationwide wet and windy conditions as another storm brews on Sunday.
And a fourth tempest is due a week tomorrow, capping off a torrid seven days of weather driven by low-pressure from the Atlantic.
The west is set to bear the brunt of the dismal conditions with up to four inches of rainfall — while the East can also expect up to an inch.
A Met Office forecaster said: “There is a risk of gales, mostly in coastal regions, but perhaps inland at times.
“And it remains mainly unsettled next week.”
The storms are not anticipated to be strong enough to be officially named individually — but are set to bring destruction as a quartet.
Bookmaker Coral has this month as 1/2 odds-on to become the wettest November on record.
Storm Ciaran brought 104mph hurricane winds and an amber warning of danger to life from the Met Office.
Some 36 flood warnings and 146 alerts remained in place yesterday as more heavy rain arrived throughout the afternoon.
Yesterday, the Somerset Levels were flooded at Muchelney and fields were submerged at Welney in Norfolk.
Cars struggled through water on Brighton seafront, as did walkers on Westminster Bridge in London.
Deluges also ruined firework displays on Saturday night.
Punters demanded refunds after labelling Birmingham’s biggest display a “total disaster” at Edgbaston cricket ground.
They claim a “wall of smoke” hindered viewing.
