Heavy, prolonged downpours across Britain caused flash flooding on Monday.

The Met Office issued yellow ‘Be Prepared’ warnings covering areas of the South, West, and North-East of England and much of Wales on Monday.

On Monday, an Environment Agency statement said teams had been out monitoring river levels and working to minimise the impacts of flooding. The Agency statement said that, for some parts of the country, flood risk could continue into Tuesday.

There were 44 flood warnings still in effect on Tuesday morning (and a further 200 flood alerts, signalling that further flooding is possible). The Environment Agency downgraded some warnings overnight, through several alerts remain in place, mostly in the South-West and Western England.

The Welsh environment secretary has said that the impacts of the storm will continue to be felt in Wales, with flooding and disruption expected to be “Widespread”. Lesley Griffiths said emergency services in Wales have had to deal with flooding of over 50 properties in South Wales. There has also been flash flooding down the Welsh border, from Shropshire to Bristol and a ferry from Ireland was forced to spend the night at sea with 150 people on board, having been unable to dock at Fishguard.

In Devon and Somerset, downpours after a period of wet weather have caused serious disruption, and parts of Yorkshire also experienced localised flooding.   

According to the Met Office, high winds (the criteria for which storms are named) will persist in the South-East on Tuesday morning, where the first named storm of 2016 - Storm Angus - has been active over the South Coast and English Chanel, but overall conditions should be much drier for the rest of the day.