The Met Office has issued an urgent 11-hour weather warning as the UK braces for a wall of rain to hit.
The forecasters have placed a yellow weather alert over the East of England, London and the south east as a wave of downpours is due to sweep across Britain.
The warning is in place from 4pm today until 3am on Thursday morning.
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