Weather warning for heavy rain issued across Denbighshire

An amber weather alert is in place across the county, and southern parts of Conwy, until 9pm tonight (October 16).

Many places are to be affected, with 10-20mm of rain expected with the chance for "considerably more" in some areas.

The Met Office said some areas may see up to 50-80mm of rainfall in the space of six hours. 

An amber alert is in place. (Image: Met Office) It warned that this could lead to travel disruption and flooding, as well as the "slight chance of power cuts and loss of other services".

A spokesperson for the Met Office 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 north-eastwards 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."

A weather warning for rain has been issued across Denbighshire

This warning will be in place until 21:00 tonight