Residents warned to prepare for flooding with up to 70mm of rain predicted to fall by Saturday

According to the Met Office, heavy rain is expected to begin in West Berkshire from 9pm tonight (Tues) and will continue all day tomorrow (Weds).
A yellow warning for wind in the district will also come into force from 3am tomorrow and is expected to remain until 9pm.
A mix of light and heavy rain showers are forecast from 3pm on Thursday and at 6pm a 12-hour yellow warning for rainfall in West Berkshire will come into force.
Further rain is forecast for 12-hours from midnight on Saturday, with a yellow warning for rain to be reinforced between 3am until noon.
The downpours will follow on the back of the wettest January in West Berkshire since Met Office records began in 1910, and has caused the Environment Agency to re-enforce a number of flood warnings and alerts on local rivers that had previously been removed.
Red flood warnings – which indicate that flooding is expected and immediate action is required – have been reinforced on the River Thames at Purley Village and the River Kennet from Denford to Marsh Benham, including in Kintbury.
Amber flood alerts remain for the River Thames in Pangbourne, Whitchurch and Purley, and also for its tributaries which include Goring and Streatley.
Two amber alerts also still apply on the River Kennet for its tributaries from Berwick Bassett to Newbury and also from Thatcham to Reading, including in Burghfield, Colthrop, Woolhampton, Aldermaston, Theale, Calcot and Southcote.
The River Pang from East Ilsley to Pangbourne and Sulham Brook has the same amber alert, as does the River Lambourn, including in Shaw, Eastbury, East Garston, Welford, Easton, Boxford, Woodspeen, Bagnor, Donnington, Great Shefford on the Great Shefford Stream and Winterbourne on the Winterbourne Stream.
The Environment Agency is also warning residents to be prepared for groundwater flooding in the area, as rain falls on already saturated ground.
There are currently amber groundwater flood alerts in place in the Upper Aldbourne Valley and in the Lambourn valley, including in Great Shefford.
Don’t forget to keep updated of flooding in your area.
Pictured is Newbury Leisure Park today (Tues). The cover image was taken by Allison Feeley as she travelled from Brimpton to Woolhampton on Saturday.
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