A YELLOW weather warning for rain has been issued for Herefordshire with a very wet weekend ahead.

The weather warning comes after the county was hit by snow and ice on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

The Met Office said a deep area of low pressure is expected to bring a spell of prolonged and, at times, heavy rainfall across a large part of the UK this weekend.

It is warning that heavy rain is likely cause some travel disruption and flooding this weekend, particularly across south Wales.

The warning will be in force from 6am on November 23 to 6am on November 24.

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Rain and hill snow is expected to develop through the early hours of Saturday morning, the Met Office said, before falling as rain across all levels by late Saturday and continuing into the early morning on Sunday.

Forecasters at the Met Office said some 50-75 mm of rain is expected to fall fairly widely, with 100-125 mm of rain possible over higher ground, particularly in south Wales.

"There is a chance that prolonged heavy rain could become slow-moving over south Wales with up to 150 mm possible in a few places and it is here where impacts are most likely," the Met Office said.

"Strong southerly winds will accompany the heavy rain and may locally exacerbate impacts."