Flooding travel chaos with more heavy rain forecast as roads shut amid Met Office warning - Some schools across England have been forced to closed following flooding

An updated amber warning, valid until 9pm on Monday, stretches from the West Country to parts of the Midlands. This is where the greatest amounts of rain are expected today, possibly as much as 120mm in a few locations. There is also a yellow warning, valid until 11.59pm on Monday, which covers much of England and the far east of Wales.

The UK's Environment Agency has issued a flood warning for parts of England amid concerns that affected areas could see more than a month's worth of rain falling.

Sunday marks the autumnal equinox - a biannual event in which the sun is exactly above the equator. Sunday’s weather warning will remain in place until 11.59pm, with the Met Office forecasting up to 80mm of rain over the course of 12 to 24 hours - nearly matching the September average for rain in the UK.

Flood warnings have been issued as wet weather that blighted parts of the UK over the weekend continues with even heavier rain on Monday. The Met Office has issued an amber warning for rain from 05:00 BST until 21:00 on Monday across parts of central England,

The Met Office has issued a new yellow weather warning for heavy rain covering parts of the county. The weather warning will be in place all day tomorrow (Monday, September 23) covering parts of west Oxfordshire,

The Met Office has extended a yellow rain warning to Monday, as Britain braces for a rainy weekend. Sunday will see heavy outbreaks of rain moving northwards through the morning across southern England and much of Wales.

Thunderstorms rolled in on Saturday, as this picture in Ramsey St Mary's in the Cambridgeshire Fens shows A Met Office warning for heavy rain has been extended into Monday in the East of England, following a wet and thundery weekend.