Met Office issues heavy rain weather warnings for parts of UK

Heavy rain is expected to batter parts of the UK this week with the Met Office issuing weather warning.

Yellow warnings of rains have been issued for parts of Northern Ireland and the south west England for Monday.

It comes after a hot and sunny weekend which saw temperatures reach the mid-20s - before thunderous downpours on Sunday night.

From 8am today, the southwest of England, Exeter, Truro, and Plymouth are expected to be hit by heavy rain conditions. The warning, which is in place until 11.59pm tonight, also warns of potential flooding for homes and businesses

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Devon and Cornwall will also be hit by this warning, with between 20-30mm of rain expected to fall across the wider area and as much as 40-50mm of rain over some hills. Despite this, the Met Office highlighted that conditions would "likely improve" throughout the afternoon in Cornwall.

Meanwhile, a second warning for heavy rain will be in effect from 8am until midnight. This will mainly affect parts of Wales, including Swansea and Cardiff.

The final warning will hit parts of Northern Ireland today and will once again caution of heavy rainfall, mainly affecting eastern parts of the region. Fortunately, the warning will only remain until Tuesday morning.

The Met Office has also warned of "some showers" across northern Scotland which will move to southern and western Scotland as well as the rest of England in the evening. During the day, other parts of England not covered by the rain warning will likely see more bouts of sunshine and pleasantly warm conditions.

For the North West's forecast, the Met Office said on its site: "Some cloud to start but