Persistent rainfall may also cause delays and cancellations to public transport services, difficult driving conditions and power cuts.
Further heavy rain could cause a danger to life and travel disruption after a mudslide resulted in one death on Wednesday, the Met Office has warned. Downpours will continue across parts of the UK as yellow and amber warnings for rain remain in place across the country on Thursday. Simon Partridge, a forecaster at the Met Office, said: 'The average monthly rainfall for May in North Yorkshire is 57.5mm so they've almost had a month's worth of rainfall today.
An amber warning for rain has been in place across parts of North Wales and north-west England, including Manchester and Liverpool, since midday on Wednesday. A yellow rain warning covers the north of England, the Midlands and north and central Wales until 6am on Thursday, while another is in place for southern and eastern Scotland until 6pm on Thursday. The Environment Agency had five flood warnings and 111 flood alerts in place across England.
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