“7 Regional Flood Alerts and 2 local Flood Warning are in place as heavy and persistent rain moves across Fife, Central and southern areas of Scotland throughout today,” said SEPAFlood in a post on X.

Met Office chief meteorologist Matthew Lehnert stated that Storm Claudia will bring very heavy rainfall to a large swathe of central and southern England and Wales on Friday into Saturday.

He added that within the Amber warning areas, some could see in excess of 150mm accumulate during the event, with 60-80mm fairly widely.

"Gusty winds in the northwest of England and northwest Wales is an additional hazard, with 60-70mph gusts possible in exposed places within the warning area.”

Weather forecast for today

A wet start across Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England althou

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