Mapped: Hundreds of flood alerts as UK braces for washout weekend

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A washout weekend is anticipated within the UK as a whole lot of flood alerts stay in place throughout the nation.

After torrential downpours on Thursday, blustery showers are anticipated to pour in a while Friday and thru Saturday and Sunday after sweeping throughout the west, say Met Office meteorologists.

There are 58 flood warnings and 258 flood alerts in place throughout England and Wales.

Natural Resources Wales has issued one flood warning for the River Ritec in Tenby, as nicely as 13 alerts.

Saturday will see a chilly and frosty begin for many with sporadic showers, in keeping with the Met Office.

Northern Scotland will get up to lows of -6°C with southern England dropping to 1 and a couple of°C on Saturday.

Showers are set to get heavier by Sunday as rain will hit the northwest and the south turns moist and windy.

Flood warnings are in place throughout England, with a excessive focus in Dorset and surrounding Tewkesbury.

It comes after a number of colleges in Herefordshire and Worcestershire had been compelled to shut on Thursday as a result of of rising flood ranges and “treacherous road conditions”, councils mentioned.

Many roads throughout the West Midlands specifically had been submerged and rail operators struggled to resolve points on the tracks, with Transport for Wales and West Midlands Railway companies working a substitute bus service between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton.

In Gloucestershire, Tewkesbury Borough Council distributed sandbags to house owners. Several roads within the county had been closed resulting from flooding.

The Met Office predicted probably the most frequent showers will probably be within the west and close to the English Channel coasts, with thunder and hail anticipated at instances.

An estimated 30 to 40mm of rainfall – a few week’s value – got here down within the East Midlands, east of England, London and southeast England, the southwest and West Midlands.

Met Office chief meteorologist Paul Gundersen mentioned: “This is falling on saturated ground, which elevates the chances of flooding and disruption.”

The forecaster wrote on X, previously recognized as Twitter: “Sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon. Showers heavy at times with some hail, thunder and snow possible across hills. Around average temperatures but feeling chilly in brisk winds.”