The worst of the wet weather may be over, but forecasters warn the rain is here to stay for the next few days.

Most parts of the UK saw heavy rain overnight on Saturday and on Sunday but without much of the flooding which had hit some areas hard on Friday.

The Environment Agency had issued a number of flood warnings, after many rivers were left swollen by downpours on Friday.

The theme for the whole week is staying unsettled

Met Office spokesman

As the worst of the weather passed, the warnings were confined to low lying parts of agricultural land.

But more unsettled weather is set to continue over the whole of Britain throughout the rest of the week.

Week of rain

Overnight the rain will be persistently heavy, particularly in Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as Wales, the south west and north of England. It will also be quite breezy.

Driest areas overnight will be central and eastern parts of both England and Scotland.

The rest of the week will still feature rain although there will be some sunshine for central areas of England on Monday.

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A spokesman for the Met Office told BBC News Online: "The theme for the whole week is staying unsettled and dominated by low pressure.

"There will be further rain spells in most places of the UK."

The overnight rain, although heavy is not expected to affect flood warnings.

Western Wales and northern Scotland were the worst hit over the last few days and around 16mm of rain still fell in parts of Wales in the last 24 hours.

By Sunday afternoon, the number of flood warnings had fallen from 28 on Saturday afternoon to just 16.

The swollen watercourses on Friday caused problems for drivers, particularly in Wales.

Seventeen-year-old Elin Sion, of Eglwysbach, was forced to swim for her life after her car crashed into the overflowing River Conwy near Llanrwst, north Wales late on Friday.

And two other people were rescued from a car after they were trapped in a flood near Machynlleth, also on Friday.