Yellow rain alerts have been issued in the southwest of England in the wake of Storm Chandra, affecting previously sodden ground from the storm. The Met Office issued the alerts from 12pm today to 9am on Tuesday, which covers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, and warns people’s properties may be at risk of flooding. Meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey says a band of rain will gradually push northwards from today. Check the forecast for your area “It’ll take a little bit of time, sort of pushing into the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall as we head into the start of the afternoon, and then gradually heading towards Devon, Somerset and Dorset later on in the day and into the overnight period in this area, quite widely – seeing 10 to 20 millimetres of rain,” he says. “But locally over the hills, and particularly Dartmoor, we could see 50 to 60 millimetres of rain because this area is so saturated.” Image: Yellow ice warnings were issued on Sunday and run until this morning. Pic: Met Office Mr Vautrey …