MORE flooding is possible as rain and wind is set to continue sweeping across parts of the UK on Tuesday. Gusts of 84mph and almost 60mm of rainfall have battered much of southern England. More

Large parts of England and Wales continue to be battered by heavy rain on Tuesday as the threat of flooding remains from Storm Herminia. The Met Office has a yellow weather warning for rain covering south Wales,

Storm Herminia was named by Spain’s weather service Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) on Friday and has already torn through the north of the country and into France. Heavy rains and gusts of wind exceeding 62mph were recorded in northern Spain and it caused flooding in western France.

A further yellow wind warning stretching from the south coast up to north east England is in place from 10pm on Sunday until 7am on Monday, while a rain warning covering southern and central England and Wales is in place until 6am on Monday. Another rain warning over most of Wales will remain in place until 11:59pm on Monday.

It comes after Storm Éowyn caused disruption on Friday and Saturday, including multiple power cuts and gusts of up to 93mph (159km/h). The Met Office said: "Periods of heavy rain could eventually lead to some flooding of roads and properties.

Residents in western France used boats to escape their flooded homes on January 27 as rivers and waterways broke their banks after successive storms battered Normandy and Brittany.