AS Storm Alex was lashing Teignbridge yesterday, the Met Office issued an Amber Alert that more heavy rain and flooding is on the way.

The Amber alert covers from Midnight tonight (Saturday) until 6am tomorrow (Sunday) and is expected to bring transport disruption.

A Yellow Warning for heavy rain will still be in force until Midnight on Sunday.

A spokesperson for the Met Office said: ‘A band of rain will become slow moving and heavy across Wales, the West Midlands and into southwest England.

‘This is likely to bring flooding and some disruption to travel.

‘Many places will see 25-50 mm of rainfall, with totals of 70-90 mm expected over higher ground of Wales and southwest England as well as the potential for over 120 mm in some of the most exposed high ground of Snowdonia and Exmoor.

‘The unusual wind direction associated with the rainfall will mean that the peak rainfall totals are likely to occur in some areas that are usually well sheltered and drier during unsettled spells of weather.’