Flooding alerts issued as month’s worth of rain forecast for parts of UK on eve of ‘climate change’ frenzy Cop26 in Scotland – just a coincidence nothing to worry about and don’t be surprised at other weather extremes while it is going on

The Met Office has warned of life-threatening flooding as it issued amber weather warnings for rain in north-west England and south-west Scotland.

Up to 300mm is expected to fall in parts of Cumbria, starting at 3pm on Wednesday and not likely to ease until Thursday night.

“In a 24-hour period you could see a month’s worth of rain,” Met Office meteorologist Annie Shuttleworth said, describing the weather as “notable”.

“The rainfall total is much higher than the average rainfall for this time of year, definitely, and in general, for any time of year it’s a lot of rainfall in a short period of time,” she told the PA news agency.

Read more: Flooding alerts issued as month’s worth of rain forecast for parts of UK on eve of ‘climate change’ frenzy Cop26 in Scotland – just a coincidence nothing to worry about and don’t be surprised at other weather extremes while it is going on