Storm Conall hits UK with severe weather after Storm Bert with more flood warnings

Storm Conall has triggered flooding in parts of southeast England with rail lines out of action and delays to travel as the new storm, named by Dutch weather service KNMI hits just days after Bert

Brits have been told to brace themselves as the second major storm in days batters the UK causing flooding and major disruption.

Storm Conall has triggered flooding in parts of southeast England with rail lines out of action and delays to travel. Some places could see up to 50mm (two inches) of rain on Wednesday, the Met Office has warned, just days after Storm Bert caused major flooding at the weekend.

The new storm, named by Dutch weather service KNMI, is set to bring misery to thousands in the south of England as it arrives along with an area of low pressure. A Met Office Yellow warning was put in place earlier, covering southern England, including Kent, Sussex and the Isle of Wight. The area covered by the warning has since shrunk to cover mostly Sussex and Kent. The warning, which is in place until noon, said more rain is likely on top of the soaking which locals experienced overnight.

“Rain is now clearing the far southeast of the UK, with a few heavy bursts possible before clearing completely by this afternoon,” the Met Office said. “Some ongoing low-level impacts are likely over the next couple of hours. A further 5-8mm is likely in a few places within the warning area, on top of the 20-40mm which fell overnight, before clearing this afternoon.”

“Some disruption, particularly to travel, has been reported overnight and this morning, and will likely continue for a little while although new impacts from rainfall are unlikely.” The Yellow Weather warning, updated at 09:49 this morning said that 09:49 Thurrock in the east of England would be affected. In London and the southeast the following areas were due to face the brunt of the rain.

• Brighton and Hove
• East Sussex
• Greater London
• Kent
• Medway
• Surrey
• West Sussex

Conall is the third named storm of the season and comes just days after Storm Bert left hundreds of homes flooded, turned roads into rivers and saw winds of more than 80mph. There is currently one severe flood warning in place, for the River Nene at Billing Aquadrome and 89 flood warnings covering waterways across the south of England and the midlands.

Into tomorrow, the Met Office said conditions would vary across the country. The Met Office said in its Wednesday forecast: "Staying cloudy across England and Wales, with outbreaks of rain becoming more confined to eastern England through the day. Drier in Scotland and Northern Ireland with bright spells. Chilly."

In its outlook through into Sunday, the Met Office added: "Cold on Thursday, with fog in the east. Rain arriving in the west later. Winds strengthening from Friday, with outbreaks of rain in the west. Turning milder into the weekend."