Yellow weather warnings issued for two major areas as heavy rain and cold to blast UK

The weather alerts cover two main areas, which the Met Office warns will receive several inches worth of rain, with bursts inundating the country in just a few short hours

The Met Office has issued multiple weather warnings as a stormy system threatens to smash the UK with heavy rain.

The agency states: "Areas of heavy rain are expected to develop and push north across the warning area. Rain will develop in southwest England late afternoon, before becoming heavier and expanding north on Tuesday evening and overnight into Wednesday.

"Many places will see around 10-20 mm of rain, but there is a chance some locations may see considerably more than this over a 6 hour period, most likely parts of southwest England and south Wales. A few places may see 50-80 mm of rain fall in 6 hours. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible in the south of the warning area, with lightning an additional hazard."

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