THE Met Office has extended its yellow weather warning for Wirral as heavy rain continues to cause disruption.

Experts initially issued a warning for the borough which came into place 6pm yesterday evening (Tuesday, October 15) and was expected to last until midday today (Wednesday, October 16).

However, the alert, that warns spells of heavy rain may lead to some travel disruption and flooding in places, has now been updated to last until 9pm this evening.

Forecasters say that there is a slight chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses

There is also a small chance that some communities will be temporarily cut off by flooded roads and that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings.

Where flooding occurs, there is a slight chance of delays or cancellations to train and bus services and spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures.

A Met Office spokesperson said: “Areas of heavy rain are expected to develop and push north across the warning area.

“The first area of rain will continue north this morning, then a second area pushes northeastwards this afternoon before clearing during the evening

“Many places will see around 10-20 mm of rain, but there is a chance some locations may see considerably more than this over a 6 hour period, most likely parts of southwest England and south Wales.

“A few places may see 50-80 mm of rain fall in 6 hours. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible in the south of the warning area, with lightning an additional hazard.”