Storm Benjamin Derby: Yellow rain and wind weather warning in place for parts of the East Midlands

The Met Office has updated the latest weather warnings - with two now in place for parts of the wider East Midlands.

A yellow weather warning for rain is in place throughout Thursday (23) until 6pm in Derby, while a warning for wind will remain in place until midnight in other parts of the county including Nottinghamshire.

What should I expect?

• Spray and flooding on roads leading to difficult driving conditions and increased chance of accidents, making journey times longer
• Public transport affected in places with some journey times taking longer
• Flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely
• Strong winds may cause travel disruption and some damage across eastern England during Thursday.

A Met Office spokeswoman said: “Storm Benjamin is expected to cross the south of the UK later Wednesday and early Thursday; confidence in its track has improved compared to yesterday but still remains lower than usual for this type of weather system which leads to continued uncertainty over the corridor of highest rainfall totals.

“That said, an extensive and in places heavy swathe of rain will move into southwestern Britain later Wednesday and spread quickly northeast. As the main rainband clears eastward during Thursday, it will be followed by frequent heavy showers in some western areas. Totals are expected to reach 20-30 mm quite widely, with some places seeing 30-50 mm.

“There is a chance a few places could exceed this, most likely over North Devon and Cornwall.In association with the rain, conditions are expected to turn windy with gales, initially along south-eastern coasts, but more widely across southern Britain during Thursday daytime.”

The entire Midlands will be impacted.