UK weather warnings set in for three days with 'half a month's rain' in 24 hours possible

Prepare your cagoule today, and possibly even sandbags, with yellow warnings for wind and rain covering much of England and Wales.

Parts of the UK may be drenched by more than half a month’s rainfall in a single day this week, the Met Office has warned.

Yellow weather warnings will be in place until Wednesday, with heavy rain and fierce winds forecast to lash the nation.

The miserable weather could lead to travel chaos, power outages and flooding.

Here is what you need to know.

When do the yellow weather warnings start?

The first weather warning covered Northern Ireland yesterday, and the wet weather is now moving east.

Swathes of south-western England and Wales are under a yellow weather warning for rain today.

Up to 100mm of rain could fall over Dartmoor and South W