Heavy downpours and winds of up to 75mph are set to batter the UK as soon as tomorrow, with three yellow weather warnings issued already.

On Thursday, the wet and windy conditions may cause travel disruption, flooding, power cuts and damage to buildings within the alert areas, according to the Met Office.

A yellow weather warning for rain covers most of southern England, the east Midlands, parts of Wales and Yorkshire and is in place all of Thursday until 9 pm, the forecaster said.

Those within the affected regions have been warned by the weather service to expect heavy rainfall from Wednesday evening, with up to 50mm in some areas by early Thursday morning.

The downpours may cause disruption to public transport, difficult driving conditions because of spray and road flooding, as well

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