UK weather: Met Office issues two days of urgent warnings with fresh travel chaos to hit as drivers urged to beware
THE MET Office has warned more heavy rain is on the way while Brits are still reeling from the aftermath of storm Henk.
A yellow weather alert is in place today and 269 flood warnings are already in place up and down the country.
The rain warning, which covers much of the south of England is in place from midday today until 3am tomorrow.
The wet weather is expected to cause even more travel chaos after many trains were cancelled yesterday.
Forecasters warn there could be “power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses”.
They say Brits should expect flooding and damage to some buildings – which will “lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures”.
The heavy rain also means “there is a small chance that some communities will become cut off by flooded roads”.
The Met Office explained: “Where flooding occurs, there is a chance of delays or cancellations to train and bus services”.
It comes as much of the country is already underwater after Storm Henk brutally bashed the UK – leaving one man dead.
Brits had been told not to leave their homes during the storm yesterday, with forecasters issuing a danger to life warning.
And yesterday West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has urged drivers to avoid flooded roads after several terrifying incidents on Tuesday night.
In Birmingham a brave passer-by rescued a three-year-old child and a driver from a car submerged in flood water.
The hero then secured the vehicle to the bridge to prevent it being washed away, local cops said.
A father also rescued an unresponsive woman from the freezing River Severn in Worcester after spotting her “floating like a mannequin”.
Families were even forced to abandon their caravans in the Billing Aquadrome in Northampton, this afternoon, thanks to the torrid conditions.
And tragically a man was pronounced dead when his car was hit by a tree eight miles north of Malmesbury.