Just days after flooding caused by severe rain, winds of up to 60 mph are predicted to lash the UK, perhaps causing travel disruption.

A yellow rain warning has been issued by the Met Office for a large portion of southern England and South Wales, effective from 4 p.m. on Sunday until 9 a.m. on Monday.According to the warning, more intense rain is probably going to result in some traffic delays and floods.

Although London barely missed the yellow weather alert, Monday is expected to bring very strong rains to the city.

In other regions under the weather advisory, the Met Office reported that during the course of nine to twelve hours on Sunday, 20 to 30 mm of rain might be seen within the warning area, and 50 to 80 mm could fall in certain localised spots on higher ground.

Parts of the country had more than the monthly average rainfall on Monday and there were further downpours on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

About 650 properties were flooded in Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and the home counties, according to the Environment Agency, which estimated around 8,200 properties had been protected.

Rail services between Shrewsbury in Shropshire and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands were cancelled on Friday after severe flooding at Wellington station and a tree on the line earlier.

The Telford United football team's playing surface at the SEAH Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand, was totally submerged on Thursday night.

Due to standing water on the track, operations on the Bedfordshire Marston Vale line, which connects Bedford and Bletchley, are delayed until Monday.