Severe weather warnings were issued Monday for waterlogged southern England including London as hundreds of Welsh residents evacuated in weekend flooding began a muddy clean-up.
Issuing an amber alert meaning 'be prepared', the Met Office warned people along the south coast and north as far as the capital to be ready for flooding from surface water and rivers, as well as 'very difficult' driving conditions.
'Rain, heavy at times, will persist well into Monday, before gradually easing away westwards during the afternoon. Further thundery downpours are possible in the southeast later,' the government forecasters said.
The Environment Agency said some parts of the affected area, including Littlehampton in West Sussex, had been drenched in three to five centimetres (1.2 to two inches) of rain overnight.
'The public is strongly advised to stay away from swollen rivers and not to drive through floodwater,' the agency said.
Hundreds of residents were meanwhile returning to homes and caravans in the coastal Welsh county of Ceredigion after they were flooded with up to 1.5 metres of water, facing the prospect of a watery cleanup.
Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones said Sunday he was shocked by the damage after over eight centimetres of rain fell in 24 hours to 7am Saturday.
'Having spent a number of years living and studying in Aberystwyth, I was deeply shocked to see the extent of the damage caused by the flooding in an area I know so well,' he said.
At the peak of the flooding, 1,000 people had been evacuated from their homes, he said.
The village of Pennal, south Wales, was meanwhile returning to normal after hundreds of residents were taken to temporary refuges after breached dam in a derelict quarry. A controlled release of water was able to avert bigger flooding.
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