New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- "7 Regional Flood Alerts and 2 local Flood Warning are in place as heavy and persistent rain moves across Fife, Central and southern areas of Scotland throughout today," said SEPAFlood in a post on X.

Met Office chief meteorologist Matthew Lehnert stated that Storm Claudia will bring very heavy rainfall to a large swathe of central and southern England and Wales on Friday into Saturday.

"This rain will become slow moving and some areas could see up to a month's worth of rain in 24 hours," reported The Sun quoting Lehnert.

He added that within the Amber warning areas, some could see in excess of 150mm accumulate during the event, with 60-80mm fairly widely.

"Gusty winds in the northwest of England and northwest Wa...