Met Office issues fourth Storm Boelo warning as 57 areas of UK told to brace for impact

Met Office issues fourth Storm Boelo warning as 57 areas of UK told to brace for impact The Met Office has issued a fourth weather warning covering the UK today, this time for rain, as the country braces for Storm Boelo Nearly 60 areas across England and Wales will be battered by rain today as people have been warned to prepare a flood plan. The Met Office has issued a fourth weather warning covering the UK today, this time for rain, as the country braces for Storm Boelo. The alert will come into force at 11am today (Saturday, October 24) and will last until 11pm. Most of Wales will be covered, along with the South West, North West and South East England regions - totalling 57 areas. The Met Office said heavy rain will bring "a high likelihood of moderate impacts from surface water flooding" and urged people to check if their properties are at risk of flooding. "If so, consider preparing a flood plan and an emergency flood kit," the forecaster advised. As a result of the bad weather, spray and flooding on roads is likely to make journey times longer, while power cuts and public transport disruption could also take place. Flooding "of a few homes and businesses is possible", the Met Office added. The forecaster said: "Heavy rain in association with Storm Boelo is expected to lead to surface water flooding in places. "Twenty five to thirty millimetres is expected widely across the warning area during this time, with a few places such as upland areas seeing 50-60mm, and some of this perhaps falling within 6 hours. Rain will ease for a time through the evening, but this will be followed by another intense band of heavy rain following in from the west, before the whole system clears away eastward to bring a clear night with a few scattered showers following on." Three warnings for wind will also come into force today after the country has already been hit by Storm Austen yesterday. The first warning - a yellow warning for wind - will cover the entirety of Northern Ireland and was due to start at 10am. It's expected to last until noon tomorrow. A yellow warning for wind will then cover all of Scotland and northern England from midday today until 9pm tomorrow. An amber wind warning will also be in place for 24 hours from 9pm today, covering all of Scotland, northeastern Northern Ireland and Northumberland and Cumbria in England. Full list of areas covered by yellow warning for rain - Brighton and Hove - East Sussex - Hampshire - Isle of Wight - Kent - Portsmouth - Southampton - Surrey - West Sussex - Blackburn with Darwen - Blackpool - Cheshire East - Cheshire West and Chester - Cumbria - Greater Manchester - Halton - Lancashire - Merseyside - Warrington - Bath and North East Somerset - Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole - Bristol - Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Isles of Scilly - North Somerset - Plymouth - Somerset - South Gloucestershire - Torbay - Wiltshire - Blaenau Gwent - Bridgend - Caerphilly - Cardiff - Carmarthenshire - Ceredigion - Conwy - Denbighshire - Flintshire - Gwynedd - Isle of Anglesey - Merthyr Tydfil - Monmouthshire - Neath Port Talbot - Newport - Pembrokeshire - Powys - Rhondda Cynon Taf - Swansea - Torfaen - Vale of Glamorgan - Wrexham - Herefordshire - Shropshire - North Yorkshire [Image text:] GL22UCF LB7IWKU