Met Office issues yellow weather warning for heavy rain in the North East

A weather warning for this weekend has been issued by the Met Office.

Heavy showers had already been predicted but now a yellow warning for rain has been put in place.

The warning starts at midnight on Sunday and will continue until 6pm that evening.

There is a potential risk of flooding and some travel disruption in the region due to the rainfall.

Heavy rain in Newcastle during the Met Office yellow weather warning (Newcastle Chronicle)

The warning reads: "Heavy rain is expected across parts of Scotland during Saturday night before extending to northern and eastern England during Sunday.

"Within the warning area many parts will see 15-30 mm of rain during Sunday with the potential for as much as 40-50 mm in places, much of this falling in a 6 hour period.

"At this stage, there is still some uncertainty regarding the location of where the heaviest rain will occur."

What to expect

• Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer
• Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer
• Flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely
• Some interruption to power supplies and other services likel