Britain is set to be hit by more unrelenting rain on Monday with dozens of flood warnings put in place.
Southern parts of England and south Wales will be the worst affected regions, according to the Met Office, with a band of heavy rain moving east throughout the afternoon and evening.
As much as three centimetres of rainfall could cause disruption to travel services, particularly in districts like Devon and Cornwall which have suffered severe flooding already.
The weather in the south west has in fact been so wet that even regular levels of rainfall could cause problems in the most susceptible areas.
Houses and businesses are also at risk of flooding over the next 24 hours and power supplies could be interrupted too.
An area covering some 30 regions from Pembrokeshire in west Wales across to Hampshire has been placed under a yellow warning.
It comes as another blow for southerners, some of whom have experienced rainfall every single day of 2026, the Met said.
‘Bands of rain and heavy showers will move east across southern parts of England and Wales during Monday afternoon and evening,’ its website reads.
Britain is set to be hit by more unrelenting rain on Monday with dozens of flood warnings put in place
’10-15mm of rain is likely fairly widely with 20-30mm in some places exposed to the strong south and southeasterly winds.’
In even worse news, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned that flooding could persist across the south for as long as five days.
In an update provided on Sunday evening, the EA said: ‘Ongoing flooding from groundwater is probable for Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and West Sussex over the next five days, and from rivers across Somerset.
‘Local river flooding is probable for the River Severn over the next five days, and the Rivers Trent and Soar until Tuesday. Properties will flood and there will be travel disruption.
‘Local inland flooding is probable for the South and West of England on Monday, and possible on Tuesday. Local inland flooding is possible more widely from today (Sunday) until Wednesday.
‘Land, roads and properties could flood and there could be travel disruption.’
It was revealed last week that those residing in south Wales and south west England had to contend with 50 per cent more rainfall in January than usual.
However, parts of western Scotland and north west England have been drier than normal. And only the north can expect better news this week, with a higher pressure system bringing drier and brighter weather.
Southerners have been warned to expect flooding yet again on Monday when a band of rain hits in the afternoon
Those residing in some parts of southern England have experienced rain every single day in 2026
Met Office statistics reveal that Northern Ireland had its wettest January in 149 years – and in Cornwall it was the wettest on record.
February has brought little improvement so far, and few reasons to hope for brighter days in the coming weeks. Some parts of the UK have recorded more rainfall in the first five days than they normally get over the course of the month.
To add to the dampening of spirits, the rain has been accompanied by a seemingly unbreakable sheet of grey cloud covering the country.
The EA issued some 91 flood warnings on Saturday scattered across the south, south west, east and west Midlands.
And Met Office expert Dan Stroud warned that Brits shouldn’t expect the sun to come out just yet.
‘There’s very little in the way of change, and the reason for it is that we’ve got a big area of high pressure out to the far north and east of the country and that’s stopping areas of low pressure from moving through,’ he said on Saturday.
‘Until that shifts out of the way, we’re not really going to see much of a change.’
