{"id":263418,"date":"2025-11-15T01:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T01:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/263418\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T01:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T01:01:12","slug":"severe-flood-warning-for-significant-risk-to-life-as-large-part-of-england-put-on-cold-weather-alert-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/263418\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe flood warning for ‘significant risk to life’ as large part of England put on cold weather alert | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two severe flood warnings have been issued, meaning a significant risk to life, as a\u00a0large part of England is put on alert for cold weather from Monday.<\/p>\n

Severe flooding is expected in southeast Wales on the River Monnow at Skenfrith and also at Osbaston, Monmouthshire, according to Natural Resources Wales<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check the weather forecast where you are<\/a><\/p>\n

The warning states that “significant risk to life and significant disruption to the community is expected”, including the possibility of homes being flooded.<\/p>\n

“Flood water could be deep and fast flowing and pose a risk to life,” the statement adds. Dozens of flood warnings have also been issued across England<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Severe<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Severe flood warnings for the River Monnow at Skenfrith and also at Osbaston,\u00a0Monmouthshire. Pic: Natural Resources Wales<\/p>\n

The warning has been issued as Storm Claudia brought amber weather warnings and torrential rain to large parts of the UK on Friday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a yellow alert for cold weather has also been issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).<\/p>\n

Significant impacts possible<\/p>\n

It affects five regions: East Midlands, West Midlands, North East, North West and Yorkshire and The Humber from 8am on Monday 17 November until 8am on Friday 21 November.<\/p>\n

The UKHSA warns that “significant impacts are possible across health and social care services” including a rise deaths among those aged 65 and over, or those with health conditions.<\/p>\n

The Met Office is forecasting that temperatures could fall below freezing in some areas of the UK next week.<\/p>\n

\"Cold<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Cold weather alert for North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber. East Midlands, West Midlands. Pic: UKHSA<\/p>\n

A month of rain in 24 hours<\/p>\n

Storm Claudia has brought heavy downpours and flooding with the Met Office warning some areas could see up to a month’s worth of rain in 24 hours. There has also been travel disruption.<\/p>\n

Rail passengers are being told not to use Great Western trains between London Paddington and Bristol and South Wales because of flooding on the line.<\/p>\n

Their services between Exeter St Davids and Barnstaple are not running for the same reason.<\/p>\n

Avanti West Coast, Northern, CrossCountry, TransPennine Express, Transport for Wales and Chiltern are also reporting disruption or cancellations to their timetable.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Image:
\n The scene in Macclesfield where a tree fell onto three cars. Pic: Cheshire Fire and Rescue<\/p>\n

An amber weather warning<\/a> had been in force on Friday for parts of Wales, along with large areas of central England and some parts of northern England.<\/p>\n

By 4pm on Friday, 81.8mm of rain was registered in Tafalog, Gwent – which is 60% of the monthly November average for the region.<\/p>\n

The storm, named by Spain’s meteorological service, has triggered weather warnings in Spain and Portugal, and is affecting the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n

Ireland’s meteorological service, Met Eireann, has also issued weather warnings, with significant rain likely in the southeast for Dublin, Wexford and Wicklow into Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

It warns that significant flooding is possible along with hazardous travel conditions.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

Image:
\n People brave the rain at Cheltenham Racecourse. Pic: PA<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Image:
\n A wet and windy afternoon in Dublin. Pic: PA<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a yellow weather warning for rain remains in place until 6am on Saturday, for most of Wales, as well as an area of England roughly south of York.<\/p>\n

Some areas could expect 30 to 50mm (1.2 to 2in) of rainfall widely, with 100mm (3.9in) for parts of southeast Wales.<\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Yellow warnings for rain persist until 6am on Saturday in England and noon in Northern Ireland. Pic: Met Office<\/p>\n

A separate yellow warning applies from midnight until noon on Saturday across Counties Down and Armagh in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

The Met Office warns that 10 to 20mm (0.4 to 0.8in) is expected fairly widely, with potentially in excess of 40mm (1.6in) over the Mourne mountains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two severe flood warnings have been issued, meaning a significant risk to life, as a\u00a0large part of England…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-263418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}