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The Met Office has issued a 21 hour "danger to life" warning over this weekend.

Weather experts have published a yellow rain warning for seven areas, with "heavy rainfall" expected across parts of the country between 9am on Saturday, September 20 to 6am on Sunday, September 21.

The weather alert states: " There is a small chance that heavy rainfall may cause some transport disruption and flooding."

It adds: " Rainfall will spread northeastwards on Saturday, and become persistent and at times heavy. Through this period 20-40 mm of rain is expected to fall widely, with some locations perhaps seeing 75-100 mm, with much of this total falling in the later hours of the event.

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"From mid-Saturday

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