The Met Office has warned that heavy showers are set to hit the North East.
The yellow warning will be in place from 12pm on Wednesday until 9pm and affects all areas of the region.
Showers will become more persistent in the afternoon and up to 30mm of rain could fall in some areas.
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The full warning reads: "Showers developing late this morning and into this afternoon, will become heavy, with thunder in a few locations.
"Showers will be relatively slow-moving, which will mean some high rainfall totals: 15 to 20 mm of rain could fall within an hour in some places, and up to around 30 mm in 3 hours."
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 possible
- Some interruption to power supplies and other services could occur
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