Met Office weather warning: Heavy rain could batter West Berkshire this afternoon and evening

Wet and windy weather likely to bring some disruption to parts of southern England this evening and overnight.

The Met Office has issued a Yellow weather warning for heavy rain from 4pm this afternoon (Wednesday) through to 3am on Thursday.

The heaviest period of rainfall across West Berkshire is likely to be between 9pm and 1am.

Storms and heavy rainfall have already disrupted some parts of the country and the next band of rain is set to spread across the whole of the south of England from Cornwall to Kent.

As always, the Met Office warns of possible disruption to transport services and spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer.

There is also the possibility of disruption to power supplies and other services.