Britain Braces for Winter Storms as a month’s rain will fall today before 70mph winds and snow sweep in tomorrow

The Met Office has warned a month’s worth of rain (2.4in) could fall across an already soaked South Wales today as yet another wave of torrential rain sweeps over the country from the southwest.

Communities brought to their knees by flooding face further misery as Britain heads for its wettest February in 30 years, with more rain, wind, and snow set to hit nationwide.

The bleak outlook follows more than a fortnight of downpours and flooding that started with Storm Ciara, continued with Storm Dennis and then kept going with the storms over the weekend.

Already an average 5.5in of rain has fallen across the UK so far this month but experts fear the figure could surpass the second-highest record of 6.6in, which was set in 2014.

The areas in the snow and ice warning are Central, Tayside & Fife, Grampian, Highlands & Eilean Siar, and Strathclyde, those in the warning areas are told to expect:

• Some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services
• Some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces
• Probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths