The Met Office has said that climate change will bring warmer and wetter winters, while climate scientists have said the recent apparent worsening of flooding in places such as Wales is in line with previous predictions for the effects of a heating climate.
Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said rain would gradually make its way eastwards across the UK, adding that Monday would largely be a “day of sunshine and scattered showers”.
Sarah Cook, flood duty manager at the Environment Agency, said heavy and persistent rain had brought “a risk of significant inland flooding in parts of south and mid Wales”.
The Environment Agency had 14 flood warnings and 98 alerts in place for England, while the Scottish Environment Protection Agency had three warnings and six alerts in place.
As sunshine and scattered showers moved in on Monday, flood warnings were issued across much of Wales, the south and south-west of England and a few in central Scotland.
