Mayhem mounts – More flooding expected across Britain – Seven inches of rain to fall by Saturday on already saturated ground
 
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The South West, Midlands and Anglia at biggest risk from floods – 394 flood warnings and alerts out.
 
The worst hit areas of the South-West can expect up to two-and-a-half inches of rain by Saturday night. However, for the most part forecasters expect heavy showers rather than the prolonged downpours that have caused the worst of the recent flooding chaos.
 
‘This unsettled pattern will continue all the way through to the New Year period.’
 
In St Ives Cambridgeshire some residents awoke to find small boats in their back gardens after the Great Ouse burst its banks.
 
Forecasters said around 0.8ins (20mm) of rain is expected across the south-west of England and south Wales today, and the wet weather looks set to continue until the new year, with as much as three inches (80mm) falling in north-west England and north Wales on Saturday alone.
 
Flooding is set to worsen across parts of England and Wales, causing the ‘dangerous conditions’.
 
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