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Johanna Chisholm
Live page editor

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Storm Bert, which brought widespread disruption and heavy snowfall, rain and strong winds over the weekend, is continuing to cause issues today.

If you’re just waking up, here’s everything you need to know before braving your Monday morning commute:

• Yellow warning: There is still one yellow warning in place for strong winds across parts of western central and northern Scotland – that warning is expected to end at 10:00 GMT
• Major road disruption: Flooding and winds are causing some major road disruption - the A5 in Northamptonshire is closed in both directions between the A43 (Towcester) and A422/A508 (Old Stratford), A66 between North Yorkshire and Cumbria is closed to high-sided and vulnerable vehicles in both directions, and the M32 in Bristol is closed in both directions between J1 near Hambrook and M4 J19
• Rail delays: There is still major rail disruption, with the most affected areas on routes linking London with the west of England and Wales
• Flood alerts: There are nearly 200 flood warnings and flood alerts in place across England – as a reminder, a warning means “flooding is expected”, while an alert means “it’s possible”
• Northamptonshire has been issued a severe flood warning due to deep and fast flowing water
• In Wales, there are 22 flood warnings in place, while Scotland – where the risk of flooding is lower – has just four warnings in place

And for the latest weather forecast, scroll down to the next post.

We'll be monitoring things closely throughout the day - stick with us.

Helen Willetts
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Storm Bert will continue to influence the UK’s weather today, but it doesn’t look as wet or indeed as windy for most of us.

However, we now have three severe flood warnings - two in south-east Wales and one in Northamptonshire. A severe flood warning means danger to life and significant disruption.

Although the rain is finally clearing away, some areas have had a month’s worth of rain just over the weekend, so the rivers will still be responding to this volume of water, so do keep across the flood warnings.

Today will be a much drier and less windy day for most of the UK, however there will still be showers, some of which could be heavy, but not the relentless rain of the weekend.

That said, north-west Scotland still has a yellow weather warning for wind and here it will be wetter too.

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In Wales, there remain 60 flood warnings and alerts in place.

It comes after a weekend which saw South Wales record 100mm of rain in places,while two areas in the south east of the country were under severe flood warnings, detailing a "significant risk to life".

In response, Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan has described the floods brought about by Storm Bert as being "absolutely devastating".

Morgan said authorities had been prepared for the storm, but added that "when you get the kind of enormity of rain we’ve had over the past few days", minimising the impact was always "going to be difficult".

Steve Knibbs
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They are used to flooding here – if you can ever get used to it.

I’m standing by the River Teme on the bridge going into Tenbury Wells. The water’s pretty swollen still this morning but it wasn’t the river that caused the problem yesterday.

There was this local brook and the water was rising so quickly and there was so much pressure that it caused the wall that was holding it back collapsed sending water gushing into the street in seconds, all along market streets, shops, business affected yet again - as you can see below.

This is one of those areas that has been earmarked for a flood defence scheme. Costs have been rising over recent times. The latest estimate was over £7m and the environment agency are looking at ways to work on that a bit smarter to bring the price down.

People here are just upset for the shops and businesses, with this happening just a month before Christmas – it’s a vibrant market town here.

There’s just thick silt and mud across the street. There’s broken windows. It’s quite eerie actually, it’s very quiet.

They’re pumping water out of flooded basement along market streets. There are flood barriers up. Some worked, some didn’t. The clean-up operation is going to start again today.

There are people saying they’ve lost their life’s work, their business is destroyed, yet again by the flooding here which is happening more often than ever before.

As the rain poured down on Pontypridd yesterday, causing the River Taff burst its banks, some local residents attempted to bail out flooded areas using buckets.

You can watch their efforts back here:

On top of many rail lines being affected by Storm Bert, the UK's road network has also taken a battering this weekend.

There are three main travel alerts issued by National Highways still in place:

• The M32 in Bristol is closed in both directions between J1 near Hambrook and M4 J19 due to severe flooding
• The A66 between North Yorkshire and Cumbria is closed to high-sided and vulnerable vehicles in both directions due to strong winds
• The A5 in Northamptonshire is closed in both directions between the A43 (Towcester) and A422/A508 (Old Stratford) due to severe flooding

One yellow weather warning for strong winds is in force across parts of western, central and northern Scotland.

The Met Office says gusts of 50-60 mph (80-96 km/h) are likely and as much as 70 mph (112 km/h) near western coasts and on exposed bridges.

It is currently due to expire at 10:00 GMT, and warns that some delays to travel are likely.

Storm Bert hit many towns across the country hard, including Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire.

A local resident captured the moment the town centre flooded yesterday, after the nearby Kyre Brook rose and caused a wall to collapse. There have been no reports of injuries.

You can watch their footage below:

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As it stands, 161 flood warnings and 213 flood alerts have been issued in England, as Storm Bert threatens to further exacerbate recent disruption to travel.

For context: a warning means "flooding is expected", while an alert identifies areas where "flooding is possible".

Of the flood warnings in place, one is severe. This has been issued for the Billing Aquadrome in Northamptonshire due to deep and fast flowing water, and a rapid onset of flooding.

The Environment Agency says: "This means there is danger to life and you must act now."

The holiday parkwas flooded in September and January this year, leading to residents being evacuated.

In Wales, there are 22 flood warnings in place, as well as two severe flood warnings on the River Monnow - one at Forge Road, Osbaston and the other at Skenfrith.

Scotland has been much less affected by floods, with four warnings in place. None have been issued in Northern Ireland.

Flooding and high winds brought by Storm Bert have caused significant travel disruption across the country.

The most affected areas appear to be the routes linking London with the west of England and Wales.

Network Rail has advised people not to travel today on the following routes:

• Penzance to London Paddington
• Newport to London Paddington
• Bristol Parkway to London Paddington
• Bristol Temple Meads, Swindon, Reading to London Paddington
• Worcester to London Paddington
• Exeter St Davids to Okehampton and Exeter to Barnstaple

Several other rail lines are also closed or expecting serious disruption, including:

• All lines between Plymouth and Gunnislake are closed, as well as those between Liskeard and Looe
• Some lines in the Northampton area are blocked
• The line between Great Malvern and Hereford is closed
• Trains will not run between Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness until Friday

This list is not exhaustive - check the National Rail website or with your train operator before travelling.

Adam Durbin
Live editor

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Storm Bert has brought widespread travel disruption to the country over the weekend and looks set to do the same into this morning, with torrential rains bringing a significant risk of flooding to many.

There are currently 188 flood warnings in place, the vast majority of which are in England and Wales.

While the Met Office's weather warnings have now expired, Bert looks set to continue to bring disruption after what the first minister of Wales called "devastating" floods over the weekend.

Several major roads were closed over the weekend, rail lines had delays or were closed, flights were cancelled and hundreds of thousands of homes had power cuts.

Five people have died since Storm Bert hit the country on Friday, including a dogwalker who went missing in Wales and a man whose car was hit by a falling tree in Hampshire.

Stick with us and we'll keep you up to date with all the latest here.