The Met Office has issued a rare amber warning for Monday, with five regions hit. Amber and yellow warnings for rain have been issued for the weekend and Monday, covering northwest England, west and southwest Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of north Wales. Jonathan Day, Flood Duty Manager at the Environment Agency , said: “Significant surface water flooding impacts are possible in parts of the North of England on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

"There are also possible significant river flooding impacts in parts of the north of England on Sunday and Monday, with minor flooding impacts possible more widely across northern England over the weekend." The agency has issued an orange alert, warning of "very heavy and persistent rainfall", leading to flooding and transport disruption, in

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