England and Wales are to be battered by high winds and heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday. The UK is still recovering from the fierce impact of Storm Éowyn last week, but must now brace itself for another weather system set to bring more flooding and transport disruption.

Storm Herminia has led the Met Office to issue a host of new weather warnings for the UK this morning, with heavy rain and wind expected to hit the country over the next 24 hours

Flooding and travel disruption threat as Met Office weather warnings come into effect - A yellow wind warning is in place until 6am on Tuesday for large parts of southern England, including the capita

Brighton, London, Leicester, and Nottingham are some of the cities that will see the strong spells starting from 10 pm today, with the warning ending at 7 am the following day (Monday 27 January). The warning set for Northern Ireland, including Belfast, is set to end at 7 pm.

A warning for periods of heavy rain that could cause some flooding of roads and properties was in place for the West Midlands and most of Wales until 11.59pm on Monday with the Met Office predicting 20mm to 40mm to fall quite widely and 50mm to 70mm on higher ground.

Hundreds of homes are without power and flood alerts have been issued as Storm Herminia hits Wales. A Met Office alert for heavy rain began at midday Sunday and remains in place until the end of Monday.

Storm Herminia has unleashed powerful winds of up to 83mph across Britain as well as prolonged rainfall, as Met Office weather warnings remain in place for most of England and Wales. More than 50 flood warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency,

The Met Office has issued three yellow weather warnings for wind today (January 26), as Storm Herminia, named by the Spanish meteorological office, batters the UK.

The Met Office has today issued a third weather warning for Kent. As KentLive has reported, an alert was given for heavy rain for parts of the county from 8am this morning (Sunday, January 26) until 6am tomorrow.

A weather warning for “strong winds” has been issued today (Sunday, January 26) for Leicestershire. The yellow Met Office warning, which could lead to “some disruption”, covers the East Midlands. The Met Office said a “brief spell” of winds would move “north-eastwards” from the south coast during this evening into tomorrow morning (Monday,