Charlotte Hadfield
Live reporter

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It's been a soggy start to February for parts of the UK, with heavy downpours leading to the flooding of homes, roads and businesses in some areas.

A "blocked" weather pattern is behind the wet weather which looks set to continue over the next few days.

It's the persistent nature of the rain that's led to the flooding issues, particularly towards the south-west of England where it's rained for 41 days in a row in some places, reports BBC Weather's Darren Bett.

The Government's Floods Minister Emma Hardy has visited the region today, where aerial images show widespread flooding.

Ninety seven flood warnings remain in place across England, while two have been issued in Scotland, where the Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning for parts of the west coast on Wednesday.

In an update this afternoon, the Environment Agency says that "with another band of rain on its way, we need the public to remain vigilant to the risk of flooding".

And automotive mechanic in Abderdeenshire Mac White, says the flooding is filling up potholes so people can't see them.

After what was the wettest January on record for parts of Cornwall and County Down, some people may be asking when the rain is going to stop? We've got you covered.

• We're closing our live coverage there, but for more you can check out our news article

Ross Pollard
Somerset Reporter, BBC West

Emma Hardy, the government’s flooding minister, has told the BBC that Somerset won’t be forgotten.

The region has seen some of the heaviest rain in recent weeks, with flooding beginning to threaten people’s home - which for many is reminiscent of the devastating floods of 2014.

Speaking in Langport, Hardy says her heart "goes out to everybody who's experienced flooding”.

"We are putting £75 million into flood defences this year in Somerset and we're also looking at the tidal barrier for Bridgwater.

"We're looking at extra money for the internal drainage boards - so all of that money is going in."

The minister also says she has met with local MPs, Somerset Council, and planned to meet with a farmer on the issue.

However, people in nearby Stathe on the banks of the River Parrett have told the BBC their properties lines have been breached by flood waters - with some saying they fear it will be worse than the conditions 12 years ago if the rain continues.

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Polly Bayfield
BBC Newsbeat reporter

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Chloe Tinson says the weather is making her job of running a horse riding school in Cornwall twice as hard as normal.

She tells BBC Newsbeat that due to the fields being so waterlogged at the Barnwell Equestrian Centre in Newquay, they have had to “sacrifice a lot of our paddocks”.

“All of the roads are flooded, the fields are waterlogged. We cannot turn some of horses out, they are just in the stables,” the 33-year-old says.

When Chloe leaves buckets out for the horses first thing in the morning they are “filled back up again full of water” when she goes back to check shortly after.

Due to the extreme flooding, she says she's “worried” that the fields will not recover by spring which she says would be a serious problem.

“If it continues like this, we can’t continue to operate the way that we are.”

Polly Bayfield
BBC Newsbeat reporter

Mac Wight, an 18-year-old automotive mechanic in Aberdeenshire, says his area has been experiencing a “constant downpour” and there has been no sunshine for over two weeks.

He tells BBC Newsbeat it can be “really frustrating at times” for his customers as the rain is filling up the potholes so people can’t see where they are.

“The potholes are causing a lot of damage to people’s vehicles,” says Mac.

“People are coming in with burst tyres.

“Unless you’re in a monster truck, speeding through a puddle is just going to cause more damage.”

He says that as much as this weather is to be expected at this time of year, it has been getting him “down in the dumps”.

“You’ve just got to get on with it, you can’t control it,” he adds.

Chris Fawkes
BBC Weather presenter

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As wet as this winter has been, it's unlikely to be the wettest winter on record; the winter of 2013/14.

In the south-west England and south Wales region, data from the Met Office shows that 691mm of rain fell in the record wet winter causing widespread severe flooding.

Combining the figures for December 2025 and January 2026 gives us 415mm, but already the record looks to be far out of reach.

One parallel between this winter and the winter of 2013/14, is the damage done to the main railway line at Dawlish that connects south-west England to the rest of the rail network.

You might remember in February 2014 that the track was left dangling precariously in the air as storms washed away the protecting sea wall.

This winter has also seen a section of sea wall collapse due to the onslaught of storms causing some disruption.

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Roads, homes and businesses have flooded across the UK following a period of heavy rainfall.

The downpours have left one woman in Northern Ireland worrying she might "need armbands" if her roof keeps leaking.

While in West Sussex, the council has urged motorists to listen to road closures after a highways worker was hit by a car driving through floodwater.

Weather and flood warnings

A Met Office yellow rain warning is currently in place for all of Monday and Tuesday covering Perth, Dundee and parts of Aberdeenshire in Scotland.

There also 97 flood warnings in place across England and two for Scotland.

The latest forecast

Much of the UK will continue to be wet and rainy for the next few days at least, with low pressure systems continuing to push rain-bearing weather fronts in.

Tuesday and Wednesday are forecast to bring further rainfall, with Scotland and parts of northern England seeing the worst of it. Here's a closer look at when the rain is going to stop.

Rozina Sini
BBC News

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I've just spoken to Andy Kinghan from Castle Cary in Somerset. He's training to take part in the 250-mile Cocodona ultramarathon in Arizona in May, but the weather has been hampering his efforts.

"I've been getting soaked," he says. "I'm training using my local routes around Castle Cary but it's all washed out."

"It's horrendous having wet feet and being knee deep in water in some places."

He says if the weather gets too bad he'll continue training indoors, but that its "not the same" as the rough and mountainous terrain he'll be tackling in Arizona.

Polly Bayfield
BBC Newsbeat reporter

Nicole Fitzpatrick, from Ballynahinch in Northern Ireland, says her living room is filled with pots and pans collecting rainwater which is leaking from her roof due to the constant rain damaging her home.

“My roof in my living room has started leaking. I’ve lived in this house my whole life and that has never happened,” the 28-year-old tells BBC Newsbeat.

She says she has been constantly calling her dad for help, who she’s dubbed “Bob the builder”, because she is “terrified the house is going to flood”.

“I’ll have to get armbands if this keeps up,” she says.

Due to so many roads around her area in rural Northern Ireland being closed due to flooding, she hasn’t been able to go into the office or see family who live up the road.

“It’s definitely a lot worse than it was previously.”

When the clouds finally part, she says she is excited to just go outside without coats and umbrellas in tow.

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Road users are being warned about the dangers of aquaplaning as water accumulates on slippery surfaces.

According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), this occurs when a layer of water builds up between a vehicle’s tyres and the road surface, causing a dangerous loss of traction.

This can mean drivers are unable to steer, break or accelerate effectively.

As a result, the RoSPA's safety manager Caitlin Taylor advises drivers to reduce their speed in wet conditions, and ensure tyres have adequate pressure and tread depth.

If you find yourself aquaplaning while driving, it says, you should remain calm, ease off the accelerator, and avoid sudden braking or sharp steering to regain control.

Vicky Castle
BBC News

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A highways worker has been hit by a motorist who ignored a road closure and drove through flood water, say West Sussex County Council.

The council says a white Land Rover pushed through barriers on a closed section of the A29 on Monday morning, hitting a member of the highways team who was dealing with the flooding.

It adds that the worker was not injured, but that the matter has been reported to the police.

It comes as "exceptionally high water levels" has led to a number of road closures, with two flood warnings and 17 alerts in place across the county.

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It's the question everyone's asking, and the good news is that this current blocked pattern does show some signs of breaking down by the end of this week.

Low pressure makes some progress eastward on Saturday which will lead to a northerly wind.

While this will bring lower temperatures and some wintry showers, for most it will be drier and sunnier compared with recent weeks.

However, this will be a very brief break. Rain will return on Sunday with a strengthening wind.

And as the rain hits the colder air from Saturday, there will be a temporary spell of snow even to low levels for a time across northern England and Scotland on Sunday morning.

The weather into next week then remains unsettled with further spells of rain and therefore the continued risk of some localised flooding

• BBC Weather's monthly outlook also has more detail on what to expect in the coming weeks, and you can find a weekly forecast at the top of the page

Ken Banks
BBC Scotland, North East Scotland reporter

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With Met Office yellow rain warnings currently capturing parts of east Scotland; here's how our reporter in the region has been finding the wintry conditions.

Here in Aberdeen, the last time we had any recorded sunshine was on 21 January.

So, from 22 January to today, we now have had 19 full days without seeing the large glowing ball of heat and light that is apparently somewhere up there in the sky.

The first ten days of 2026 were bad enough, as we had nothing but heavy snow.

Since then it has barely stopped raining.

So is there any light at the end of the tunnel?

Forecasters say it's unlikely we'll see any sunshine before Friday as colder Arctic air starts to push south, bringing the chance of one of or two snow showers.

But Saturday could hopefully see some sunshine finally arrive.

Sarah Keith-Lucas
Weather presenter

The Met Office has just updated the yellow rain warnings issued for Scotland over the next two days.

As we reported earlier, a yellow rain warning is in place for parts of eastern Scotland until 23:59 GMT on Wednesday.

Now, in an update, part of the west coast of Scotland has also been added to Wednesday’s warning in the east of the country.

This will take effect from midnight on Tuesday, and is in place until 23:59 on Wednesday.

100 flood warnings are currently in place for parts of the UK, with more rain on the way.

Here's the latest:

• Scotland is covered by two flood warnings and seven flood alerts
• In England, the Environment Agency has issued 98 flood warnings
• In Wales, three flood alerts are currently in force

Stay with us for the latest weather warnings and how the conditions are impacting areas across the country.

Chris Fawkes
BBC Weather presenter

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Parts of the UK have been hit with a real deluge so far this year with Cornwall and County Down recording their wettest January on record.

It's been particularly wet in southern England, Northern Ireland and East Scotland. If it feels like the rain just hasn't stopped this year, you might be on to something, Cardinham in Cornwall has recorded some rain every single day of the year so far!

Katesbridge (County Down) and Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) recorded nearly 4 times their January average rainfall, and history is repeating itself this month.

We're not even at the half way point of the month and Aboyne has already had well over double the February average rainfall.

Why so wet?

Around the 17th January a blocking area of high pressure developed in Scandinavia, it's still there to this day.

This has prevented areas of low pressure from moving beyond the UK so they've become slow-moving bringing very wet weather, with southwest winds to the south of the UK and southeasterly winds to the north of the UK.

This wind pattern is responsible for the distribution of rain. It's worth pointing out that it hasn't been wet everywhere. Northwest England and west Scotland had a much drier January than normal, and parts of the Highlands have only recorded 1mm of rain so far this month.

This Scandinavian blocking area of high pressure is finally going to budge this week, as it does our weather patterns will become more typical next week.

There will still be rain around as we'd expect in winter, but some of the wettest weather will return to west Scotland.

The rain won't be as extreme in east Scotland. In the southwest of England, it won't rain every single day, there will be drier and sunnier days between weather our systems.

It's been a soggy start to the month after what was the wettest January on record for parts of the UK.

The wet weather isn't showing any signs of stopping, with more rain forecast in the coming days.

Here's a look at your pictures.

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The Environment Agency is warning people to "remain vigilant" as it estimates at least 300 properties have been flooded so far following the recent heavy rainfall.

The agency says its teams "have been mobilised across the country to check on other flood defences", as well as clearing river blockages and monitoring river levels.

"With another band of rain on its way, we need the public to remain vigilant to the risk of flooding", says Andrew Hitchings, flood duty manager at the Environment Agency.

"So far more 16000 homes and business have been protected but sadly 300 have suffered flooding and our thoughts are with those communities affected."

Floods Minster Emma Hardy is also urging residents to follow local advice, and says she's in "regular contact" with the Environment Agency.

Sarah Keith-Lucas
Lead Weather presenter

The unsettled weather pattern is expected to continue for another few days with low pressure systems pushing rain-bearing weather fronts in.

Tuesday will be another cloudy, damp day across the UK, with further rainfall expected in several flood affected regions.

The most persistent rain will fall in eastern Scotland where another 40-60mm is possible over higher ground. Heavier downpours are also likely at times for parts of south-west England and Wales. But intermittent showery rain is possible anywhere.

Wednesday brings further unwelcome rainfall. The focus of the wet weather will be across the northern half of England and once again for Scotland.

While a further 40-60mm of rain may fall again on Wednesday across eastern Scotland, precipitation here will increasingly turn to snow.

Further south on Wednesday, rainfall will be more showery in nature with the chance of some brighter and drier spells developing.

For Thursday and Friday, colder and drier conditions are expected to develop from the north, slowly filtering south.

Wintry showers are likely in Scotland, and also perhaps the first glimpses of sunshine in Aberdeen for over 20 days.

Rain and hill snow will gradually start to ease away from most areas, and by Saturday we should see a largely dry but cold day with widespread sunshine.