Weather warning for Cornwall

An amber weather warning for Cornwall has been issued by The Met Office as gales and torrential rain continue to batter the south west.

The bad weather is expected to continue throughout the day, bringing with it an increased risk of flooding.

The weather service's website said: "Periods of heavy rain, accompanied at times by strong winds, will affect parts of western Britain during Monday.

"The public should be aware that quantities of rain may be sufficient in a few places to disrupt travel and give rise to localised flooding."

Matt Dobson, senior forecaster with Meteogroup, the Press Association's weather arm, said there would be "persistent and heavy rain", particularly in Devon, Cornwall, Pembrokeshire and Northern Ireland.

"There could be some local torrential bursts of rain, it's just very persistent rain. There could be over an inch of rain by the end of Monday.

"Devon, Cornwall, Pembrokeshire, and Northern Ireland are most at risk.

"There is the potential locally for some heavy bursts of rain. You could see some flooding, I don't think it's going to be a really severe event, because it does begin to move away on Monday night, but there could be some local flooding.

"It's not unusual for this time of year, in the autumn we do get some heavy rain in these areas."

The bad weather is expected to move North over the next 48 hours, with no weather warnings in place for Wednesday.

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