Storm Herminia dumps month’s worth of rain in 24 hours as Met Office map reveals more to come & flooding sparks chaos

STORM Herminia has dumped a month’s worth of rain in just 24 hours – with a map revealing more to come as the Met Office issues a new yellow warning.

Around 60mm of rainfall battered parts of the UK on Monday.

That is 2mm higher than the average total rainfall for January.

The country is today facing another day of disruption and flood threats.

The forecaster issued a yellow warning of spells of rain which could lead to localised flooding covering South and West Wales until 9pm today.

While Natural Resources Wales has removed a series of flood warnings, Libanus in the Brecon Beacons saw 34.6mm of rain on Monday and nine flood alerts remain in place.

Another yellow alert for rain covering parts of southern England runs until 10am on Tuesday, warning of heavy rain, possible thunderstorms and flooding.

The warning covers Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, Langford in Bedfordshire, Salisbury in Wiltshire and Axminster in Devon. Gusts of 84mph and almost 60mm of rainfall hit parts of southern England on Monday.

The Environment Agency has 37 flood warnings, where flooding is expected, in place in the south of England and the Midlands. A further 171 alerts, where flooding is possible, are in place across England.

Somerset Council said a major incident in the region, jointly declared with the police and other agencies, would be maintained until further notice with more rain forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday.