Met Office

Persistent rain on Saturday 3 October breaks the record for the wettest day across the entire UK.

The Met Office alert covering most of Wales comes into force from Wednesday evening.

Two properties have been flooded for a second time since August after a river burst its banks.

Flood warnings are in place after some areas see a month of rainfall in less than two days.

A family is rescued after their car became trapped in floods, as motorists are warned to take care.

Communities could be "cut off", with 25-50mm of rainfall in most places, the Met Office says.

The first of two weather warnings takes affect in Wales at 03:00 on Saturday.

The first warning now applies from 03:00 BST on Friday and will last all weekend, the Met Office says.

The Rest and Be Thankful will be shut until Sunday afternoon as the Met Office warn of up to 130mm (5in) of rain.

The storm names for the coming year are compiled by the British, Irish and Dutch weather services.

Storms are expected to hit Wales from 11:00 BST on Friday where rain warnings are already in place.

A number of rivers burst their banks and there were 80 evacuations and rescues across north Wales.

The fire service attends 28 incidents in Newcastle, Maghera, Draperstown and Cookstown as Storm Francis batters NI.

Heavy downpours sweep across Scotland with a Met Office warning in place until early on Wednesday.

Storm Francis is the seventh named storm of the season and the second to hit in the last week.

Travel and power loss warning as gusts of up to 60 mph are expected across Wales next week.

The storm will move into the west coast of Ireland on Wednesday night, bringing severe gales.