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Samantha Gildea

Yellow weather warning as heavy rain set to hit Leeds this weekend

Heavy rain could cause travel issues and flooding in Leeds and across Yorkshire this weekend.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Sunday October 6, with 15-30mm of rain forecast, with the potential for as much as 45-50mm in some areas.

The whole of Yorkshire and the Humber has been issued the weather warning, in place from midnight on Saturday October 5 to 6pm on Sunday October 6.

The forecaster is warning that "heavy rain may cause some transport disruption and flooding in places on Sunday".

The warning says: "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."

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