The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain for Cornwall tonight and tomorrow.

The warning comes down to St Austell with the west of Cornwall apparently escaping the worst of the weather.

The warning is for spells of heavy rain on Tuesday night and Wednesday may lead to some travel disruption and flooding in places.

Areas of heavy rain are expected to develop and push north across the warning area. Rain will develop in southwest England late afternoon, before becoming heavier and expanding north on Tuesday evening and overnight into Wednesday.

Many places will see around 10-20 mm of rain, but there is a chance some locations may see considerably more than this over a six-hour period, most likely parts of southwest England and south Wales.

A few places may see 50-80 mm of rain fall in six hours. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible in the south of the warning area, with lightning an additional hazard.

What should you expect?

There is a slight chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses There is a small chance that some communities will be temporarily cut off by flooded roads There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings Where flooding occurs, there is a slight chance of delays or cancellations to train and bus services Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures