The Met Office has issued another weather warning as more heavy downpours and potential floods are on the way.

The forecaster has issued a yellow alert for rain covering a large part of northern England on Thursday, lasting a whopping 12 hours.

It comes after a deluge of rain over the weekend led to travel chaos on Monday, September 23.

Trains and roads were left underwater leading to school closures across huge swathes of the country.

Now, more misery is expected across Thursday, with the warning in place for most of the country between Newcastle and Nottingham.

The warning, which is in place from midnight on Thursday for 24 hours, means that large areas of the UK there is the chance of power cuts, flooding and difficult driving conditions.

A Met Office forecast said: “Wet and perhaps windy weather affecting most areas on Thursday. Northern Scotland should remain drier, and colder. A showery, blustery and chilly northerly airstream for all on Friday.”

Poor weather on Thursday looks to be the peak of storms that have battered the UK with nearly a month’s worth of rain falling on Sunday.

The forecast continues: “The upcoming weekend is expected to see a more settled picture overall as high pressure builds in from the southwest.

“However, cloud and patchy rain will probably quite quickly spread into the northwest, and is increasingly likely elsewhere by Sunday.”