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Met Office

British  
/ mɛt /

noun

  1. (in Britain) a national weather-forecasting service

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A Met Office yellow warning for rain is in place until 22:00 GMT and the Environment Agency said flood warnings were in place across the south Devon and south Cornwall coasts.

From BBC

Heavy rain and strong winds have continued in eastern Scotland, where there is a Met Office amber warning in force for Grampian, Angus, and Perth and Kinross until 18:00 GMT.

From BBC

Met Office weather warnings - including a more severe amber warning - have been issued for rain in parts of the UK.

From BBC

The Met Office warns that with the ground already saturated from recent rain and and snow thaw, this may lead to some flooding in places.

From BBC

The Met Office said the amber warning included a forecast for persistent and heavy rain.

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