A YELLOW weather warning for heavy rain has been issued for the Isle of Wight.

The warning goes live at 4pm tomorrow (Sunday) and runs until 9am on Monday.

The national forecaster says further heavy rain is likely to cause some travel delays and flooding on Sunday evening and night.

What should we expect?

  • Some interruption to power supplies and other services is possible.
  • Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer.
  • Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer.
  • Flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely.

The Met Office says rain is expected to develop across southwest England during Sunday morning, moving slowly east before rain gradually eases from the west during the second half of Sunday night.

Much of the warning area is likely to see 20-30mm of rain fall across nine to 12 hours, though some places may see between 50 and 80mm.

A second yellow weather warning, for strong winds, also goes live at 9am tomorrow, but is expected to miss the Island.