The Met Office has released a new forecast for the county, and has released another weather warning, following the past week's extreme conditions.

A yellow weather warning for rain has been issued in Hereford, coming into force at 6am on Thursday, September 25. It will remain in force until 9am on Friday, September 27.

It comes hot on the heels of several previous weather warnings issued in Herefordshire over the last week.

The Met Office has said given the recent very wet weather, the heavy rain will bring the potential for further flooding and transport disruption.

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The warning said that whilst some areas will miss the worst, areas of heavy, showery rain are expected to become widespread across a swathe of England and Wales during Thursday evening and into Friday morning.

The Met Office warned that 10-15 mm of rain could occur within an hour from the heavy showers during today with a few places possibly seeing 30 mm over a few hours. There still remains some uncertainty in the details for Thursday evening and overnight, but some locations may see up 20-30 mm of rain in 2-3 hours and perhaps 40-60 mm in 3-6 hours.

An Environment Agency flood alert also remains in force for the river Leadon catchment in Herefordshire.

Flooding is expected to affect low-lying land and roads adjacent to the river Leadon. Locations that may be affected include Ledbury, Much Marcle, Staunton and Tibberton.