Met Office Amber rain and lightning warning issued for Yorkshire
An amber weather warning for rain has been put into force by the Met Office in Yorkshire on Monday.
Sheffield, Doncaster and East Yorkshire are all within the amber weather warning, and have been warned of heavy rain throughout Monday. This warning is in place from 5am on Monday morning to 9pm in the evening.
As for the rest of Yorkshire, a yellow weather warning is in place for areas like Huddersfield, Bradford, Leeds, York, Wakefield and Scarborough. This warning stretches all the way through North Yorkshire, and covers all of the county not within the amber warning.
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For the amber warning, the Met Office said: "An area of heavy rain is expected to develop across central and southern England during the early of hours of Monday, edging north and west and then becoming slow-moving somewhere across the warning area for several hours. It will then weaken and move away eastwards later Monday evening and overnight.
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"Not all counties within the warning area will be equally affected, but it seems likely that some areas will see 60-80 mm and a few places may receive 100-120mm or more. This is likely to result in travel disruption and some flooding.
"Lightning may be an additional hazard in places."
In addition, the Met Office has warned people to avoid travelling by road and for people to avoid driving, walking or swimming through any floodwater.
For the yellow warning, the Met Office added: "Areas of of heavy rain are expected to affect many parts of England and Wales during Monday. There is still some uncertainty regarding which areas will be affected by the heaviest rain, but at this stage parts of the Midlands, northeast England and east Wales look most likely to see the greatest accumulations.
"However, anywhere within the warning area could have impactful rainfall through the course of Monday. There is potential that 30-50 mm could develop in any part of the warning area, much of which could fall in six hours or less. Some locations could see 80-100 mm over the course of 12 to 24 hours."
They added that people should check if their property is at risk of flooding and should prepare flood plans and emergency flood kits. Anyone travelling should check road conditions before setting off, and you should prepare for power cuts and for warnings to change quickly.