The Met Office has extended a yellow warning for heavy rain in Devon, Cornwall, and much of the south of England over the weekend. The warning was issued after Storm Ciarán brought flooding and damage to the region. The Environment Agency (EA) has urged people to sign up for their flood warning service and check their area as rivers are expected to rise quickly due to saturated ground. Flooding of a few homes and businesses is possible, and large waves may lead to dangerous conditions across some English Channel coastlines.
According to Bee Tucker, a BBC Southwest broadcast meteorologist, some places in the affected region have already received almost a third of the average November rainfall. The heaviest showers could give up to 20mm (0.8in) of rain, and some places may experience all their monthly average rainfall by the end of Sunday. The clean-up after Storm Ciarán continued on Saturday across the British Isles, including the removal of fallen trees on Castle Drive in Falmouth, as announced by Cornwall Council.
While most of the railway services have resumed operation, the GWR line between Liskeard and Looe is likely closed, according to the operator, due to heavy rain and winds in the area over the last 24 hours. Families in over 18,000 homes in Hampshire went without water or experienced low pressure due to a supply works supervisory system shutdown after the storm. Meanwhile, Pondhu Primary School in St Austell, Cornwall, remains closed on Friday due to extensive flooding.
Councillor Martyn Alvey of Cornwall Council has raised concerns over surface water flooding and urged every community that has a vulnerability to flooding to be alert. Communities along the river that feeds into the sea are particularly vulnerable. Cornwall Council has assured that they are ready to respond as required and deploying resources as incidents come in
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