Heavy downpours across the UK have sparked flooding fears, with more than two dozen warnings and alerts issued in England and Wales.
The environmental agency issued over 100 flood warnings over the last 24 hours with seven active in place following rainfall on Saturday, meaning there continues to be a high risk of flooding.
A further 24 flood alerts remained active following the heaving downpours.
The warnings in northern England apply to areas surrounding the River Eden in Carlisle, and the River Ure in Yorkshire.
Several streets in north-west England were flooded last night while cars were also left abandoned in Greater Manchester.
Three men had to be helped to safety from car in Swindon after being trapped by rising flood water, said Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
The flooding in the north-west of England and West Midlands led to travel disruption as trees blocked roads and streets became submerged, but flood alerts have since been removed.
Just a little wet in Eccleshall tonight! pic.twitter.com/F4Le4v8XF3
— MetWatch ☈ (@MetWatchUK) September 20, 2025Meterologist Zoe Hutin told The i Paper : “We had a couple of rain warnings in force for Saturday, and we did see some fairly high rainfall totals. In the 24hr period between 10am on Saturday and 10am on Sunday, we have seen rainfall in excess of 50mm and 60mm, which are high rainfall amounts”.
She added: “The impact is that I understand there has been some flooding, issues with trains across north-western parts of the country and rail replacement services. There were a number of road traffic accidents in the north of England”.
A yellow weather warning was in place from Saturday afternoon until the early hours of Sunday morning as winds of 75mph swept across the UK.
The Met Office warned those affected to to store garden furniture inside, clear guttering, and make sure you’re insured for any potential damage to your property.
“When high winds are forecast, remember that some everyday items in the garden can become ‘missiles”, the guidance read, “Most winters we see pictures of airborne trampolines and garden furniture”.
On Sunday, some showers are still expected across northern Ireland, parts of northern, and in Scotland, and temperatures will remain chilly, but Met Office meteorologist Katheryn Chalk said it would be “a much drier and brighter picture across Wales and northern England compared to Saturday”.
Hutin said that a northwesterly wind was causing the below-average temperatures on Sunday.
“The top temperature today in highs of 17.5°C in West Sussex. Yesterday it was 22.9°C so you can see it is a fair bit chillier”.
But the strong winds and heavy rain is expected to subside from Monday.
Chalk said: “It’s going to be turning brighter and more settled as we go through the new week, with higher pressure building.
A much drier and brighter afternoon for Wales and northern England Showers mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, heavy at times Feeling colder, especially when exposed to the brisk northerly winds pic.twitter.com/VctxMo9qoj
— Met Office (@metoffice) September 21, 2025The forecaster said: “For all of us it’s feeling cooler out there, temperatures below average for the time of year. We may see up to 16°C or 17°C across the south-east”.
She added: “We’ll have lighter winds compared to what we’ll see on Sunday, so actually in the sunshine it will hopefully still be feeling pleasant enough”.
Hutin added: “There will be plenty of sunshine in the day, with top temperatures in the south-east of the country, at 17°C for parts of Greater London, Sussex, and Kent.
“Conversely, in the north, where we have a bit more of a breeze, temperatures will be struggling in the high single figures, and we could see frost in rural parts of the country”.
The new week will also bring the first widespread frost of the season however, with showers expected across eastern areas, and especially across the Dover trait.
Chalk said: “For the vast majority, it’s fine, it’s dry , it’s more settled with plenty in the way of sunny spells
“Otherwise, temperatures are still going to be below average for the time of year, but we will have lighter winds compared to what we see on Sunday.”
Hosepipe ban could last until next year
Meanwhile, Thames Water have said that their hosepipe ban will continue, despite the increased rainfall.
The ban, which currently impacts 1.1million people, will stretch into Autumn as “water resources will take time to recover”.
The measure first came into place across Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire in July after a lack of rain depleted resources.
The Met Office said recently that Summer 2025 was the hottest on record, and that the UK had received only half of its average rainfall over the past month.
Nevil Muncaster, strategic water resources director at Thames Water, said: “We’ve welcomed the rain over the past few weeks, which has helped the rivers we use to top up our reservoirs, however most of this rainfall has been soaked up by the excessively dry ground and hasn’t had a notable impact to the groundwater levels, which feed the River Thames”.
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