Map shows where more than 100 flood warnings are in place across the UK today

The UK is set to see even more rain this week as a yellow warning covers London and southern England, and parts of Wales, as flood warnings cover the country.

More than a hundred flood warnings have been put in place, mainly across the South, the South West, the East and West Midlands.

Heavy rain on Monday afternoon and evening may cause some flooding and disruption to travel, the Met Office said.

Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said: ‘The winds are coming in from a south-easterly direction, so it is coming on to coasts that have been particularly affected by recent storms.

‘There will be some heavy rain, and the rain is falling on saturated ground, so further flooding is possible, particularly as we move into the evening.’

In Wales, flood alerts have been issued in South Pembrokeshire, the Lower Severn, and for the Rivers Wye and Monnow.

In the UK, severe flood warnings have been issued near Bournemouth, Southampton, Reading and in Gloucestershire.

Areas near the River Trent are also in red flood warning zones, south of Nottingham.

The warnings come as the UK has seen so much rain that precipitation has been recorded every single day of 2026 so far.

When will it stop raining?

The UK is already infamously a wet and miserable place, but will it ever stop raining?

We asked Jim NR Dale, of the independent meteorological organisation, British Weather Services, for his outlook.

‘There will be drier or even the odd dry day going forward, but for the most part, the rain continues,’ he told Metro.

Dale forecasted that between 40 and 100mm of rain would soak the UK by mid-February.

‘However, in Scotland and the north, from February 12, the polar vortex dislocation happens. Snow instead of rain.

‘Colder and icy weather then follows, but still with rain when it isn’t snow!’

The Met Office says that a flurry of low-pressure systems is to blame for this year’s rain.

When air pressure is low, warm air rises, making the area colder. Water vapour evaporates and forms clouds and rain.

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