Incessant rain is expected to continue on Sunday and into next week, with dozens of flood warnings in place across Great Britain.
The Environment Agency (EA) has issued 85 warnings for England, meaning flooding is mainly concentrated in the South West and Midlands.
A further 245 flood warnings are in place, meaning flooding is likely from North Yorkshire to Cornwall and from the Welsh borders to Norfolk.
Natural Resources Wales has a further 11 flood warnings, Scotland has one flood warning and five flood warnings.
The Met Office said more rain is expected on Sunday, particularly in the west, with persistent rain and drizzle affecting parts of Scotland.
Monday to Wednesday will be cloudy with showers across the UK, but with occasional dry spells.
It has rained every day in the UK for the past 37 days, with zero hours of sunshine in Aberdeen since January 21 and zero sunshine in Sheffield so far this month, Sky News reports.
In the first three days of this month, the Southeast received nearly one-third of its average February rainfall.
Dan Stroud, operational meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “Unfortunately, there is no end in sight.”
After “13mm of rain in the last 24 hours and 56mm of rain in the last week”, Newcastle’s Jumps announced that Sunday’s meeting had been called off due to “some false patches of track being waterlogged and insufficient improvement over the next 24 hours”.
The Met Office announced earlier this week that south-west and south Wales could see rain every day in 2026.
Both regions are estimated to have experienced 50% above normal rainfall in January.
The UK’s highest rainfall was recorded in February 2020 with 213.7mm of rainfall. Storm Ciara And Storm Dennis.
