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It’s been a 12 months of maximum climate occasions – with 12 named storms within the final 12 months, the very best quantity since storm naming started in 2015.

And whereas no siblings of Storm Darragh and Jocelyn, to call however a couple of, are anticipated earlier than the 12 months is out, it doesn’t imply the UK received’t need to take care of a blustery and moist December.

While some components of the nation have welcomed milder and extra settled climate in current days, different areas stay braced for extra flooding – with 30 flood alerts and one flood warning nonetheless energetic.

Flood alerts sign that flooding is feasible, whereas the extra severe warnings sign that it’s anticipated.

The solely space that the federal government has issued a flood warning for is the Peterborough stretch of the River Nene, with explicit give attention to the B1040 street on account of its proximity to the Whittlesey Wash flood storage reservoir.

Those dwelling or travelling on the stretch between Thorney and Whittlesey Road have been urged to take precautionary measures together with following diversion routes and placing flood safety tools in place.

The lower-risk areas, the place flooding is feasible however not assured, are unfold throughout the nation and embrace areas alongside the River Bourne in Chertsey, on the Surrey and Berkshire border, the Salisbury Plain and components of Norfolk close to the Hundred Foot Washes.

While a few of the areas issued with flood alerts are in hotspots for groundwater flooding – together with Salisbury, the west of Dorset close to Bridport and Great Shefford within the Thames Valley – others are nonetheless recovering from Storm Darragh, which precipitated widespread disruption throughout the UK in the beginning of December.

The Upper River Derwent in Derbyshire remains to be experiencing excessive water ranges related to the storm, as is the River Piddle close to Wareham in Dorset, and a cluster of areas in Gloucestershire together with the River Churn tributary of the Thames, alongside areas alongside the River Severn and River Leach.

The alerts are additionally concentrated within the Oxfordshire area, on the River Ray, River Cherwell and River Thame.

Heavy rain has additionally been forecast for components of Scotland this week, with a Met Office yellow climate warning protecting the Highlands, Argyll and Bute, Perthshire and the Stirling space in place till 9pm as we speak.

Other areas within the UK are set for a cold and dry begin to the week, with robust winds anticipated throughout England, Northern Ireland and Wales and a few rainfall from Tuesday onwards.