Flood Warnings As Storm Desmond Moves In

People in parts of the UK have been warned to prepare for flooding with heavy rain and strong winds from Storm Desmond battering the country this weekend. The Met Office has an amber "be prepared" warning for rain in place for Saturday and the early part of Sunday across the Strathclyde, Central, Tayside and Fife, Lothian and Borders and south west of Scotland areas. Parts of the north west and north east of England are also covered by the alert, which cautioned that up to 8in of rain could fall