A yellow warning for rain has been issued in Wales this weekend. The Met Office has issued the warning overnight on Saturday, March 17 heading into Sunday, March 17.
The weather service issued the warning saying: "Heavy rain likely to lead to some surface water flooding and transport disruption overnight and early Sunday morning." It comes as conditions have led to poor visibility on Welsh roads on Saturday evening.
The warning says a spell of heavy rain overnight will bring widely 20-30 mm and possibly 40-50 mm in a few places. For the latest Welsh news delivered to your inbox sign up to our newsletter.
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The warning is in place from 9pm on Saturday until 6am on Sunday and covers the following areas of Wales; Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Carmarthenshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Swansea.
During the period covered by the warning, the Met Office says people can expect the following:
- Flooding of a few homes and businesses is possible
- Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer
- Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer
It comes just days after large parts of south Wales were hit by flooding which affected parts of Cardiff and Newport and dozens of flood warnings issued. You can read more about that here. See how a BBC presenter reacted after being asked when it would stop raining here.
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