Severe weather warnings are in place across the UK with heavy rainfall and flooding expected this week.

South Wales, which earlier this month saw heavy flooding due to Storm Claudia , has been placed on an amber weather alert from Monday through to Tuesday with some areas at risk of 120mm of rain.

Yellow warnings for rain are in place from midnight until 3am in Tuesday and covers the majority of Wales , the south west of England and parts of the north west.

Another yellow weather runs from midnight to 9pm on Monday covering the south west of Scotland.

While Sunday brought respite for many parts of the UK, forecasters have warned that meteorological winter – which begins on 1 December – is “back with a bang”.

Parts of south Wales could see “extensive flooding of homes and businesse

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