Met Office upgrades heavy rain alert to amber for Coventry and Warwickshire today

The Met Office has upgraded the rain alert for Coventry and Warwickshire later today. Initially there was a yellow warning in place for later this afternoon.

But now meteorologists have upgraded this to an amber alert. This is in place from 6pm tonight (September 26) until 6am tomorrow morning (September 27).

With it comes a warning that 'Heavy rain is likely to cause flooding and transport disruption this evening and overnight.' As a result of this disruption is expected including bus and train services.

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The full list of warnings from the Met Office are:

• Spray and flooding probably leading to difficult driving conditions and some road closures

• Homes and businesses are likely to be flooded, causing damage to some buildings

• A good chance some communities will be cut off by flooded roads

• Delays and some cancellations to train and bus services are likely

• Power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses likely

For the latest hour-by-hour forecast for our area, read our story here

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