More than 100mm of rain is expected to lash across the UK as Storm Bert is set cause severe disruption this weekend. The downpours and the rapid melting of lying snow will present hazards on roads and could lead to flooding in places, the Met Office says. It has multiple weather warnings in place , including a rare amber alert, some of which started on Thursday afternoon. These run consecutively for nearly 84 hours until the final one, for rain across the Southwest of England, ceases late on