Third storm of the season to bring heavy rain to South tonight

The third named storm of the season is due to hit the UK tonight - just days after Storm Bert brought torrential rain and major disruption over the weekend.

The Dutch weather service KNMI named the new storm Conall as it headed towards the south of England bringing an area of low pressure.

After heavy rain in southern countries it will deepens further to bring strong winds across the Netherlands later on Wednesday and into Thursday.

The Met Office said spells of rain, heavy in places, were likely to lead to some disruption on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning in parts of Kent, Essex, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset and London, between 10pm and noon on Wednesday.

Similar conditions will also strike southern Devon.

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