FORECASTERS have issued a further weather warning for the north west region with heavy rain predicted.
The Met Office has put in place a yellow weather warning for heavy showers from 1pm today, Wednesday, to 6am tomorrow, Thursday.
It comes after the service issued an earlier weather warning for thunderstorms between 9am yesterday and 6am today.
Meteorologists say spray and flooding on roads will probably make journey times longer, while bus and train services will also probably be affected.
Flooding of ‘a few homes and businesses’ is likely, forecasters add.
A Met Office spokesman said: “Showers, often heavy with isolated thunderstorms, may become more frequent across north west England during Wednesday evening and overnight.
“Some places could see 15-20mm of rain within an hour, and as much as 40-60mm over a six-hour period.”
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