Yellow warning of rain affecting Wales

Met Office sent this bulletin at 06-01-2023 10:00 AM GMT
 
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Yellow warning for Wales
Rain
Between 00:00 (UTC) on Sat 7 Jan 2023 and 09:00 (UTC) on Sat 7 Jan 2023

Headline

Heavy rain is expected to cause some travel disruption and flooding on Saturday morning.

What to expect

  • Flooding of a few homes and businesses is possible
  • Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer
  • Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer

What should I do?

Issued: 09:58 (UTC) on Fri 6 Jan 2023

Further details

Rain is expected to become heavy and persistent through Friday night before clearing eastwards during Saturday morning. Over 6-9 hours, many places are expected to see 20-30 mm of rainfall, with around 50-60 mm falling over higher ground.

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Regions and local authorities affected

South West England

  • Cornwall
  • Devon

Wales

  • Blaenau Gwent
  • Bridgend
  • Caerphilly
  • Cardiff
  • Carmarthenshire
  • Ceredigion
  • Merthyr Tydfil
  • Monmouthshire
  • Neath Port Talbot
  • Newport
  • Powys
  • Rhondda Cynon Taf
  • Swansea
  • Torfaen