Cars driving through flood water at Wootton Bridge on the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is at the centre of the amber warning with 30 to 40mm of rain likely and 70 to 80mm possible in some places.
Follow MailOnline's liveblog for the latest Storm Babet and flooding updatesThe Isle of Wight was today warned to prepare for further flooding after many roads were left underwater by more than three inches of rain that fell overnight.
The island's average rainfall in October, based on data from 1991 to 2020, is about 4.5 inches - meaning about two-thirds of the monthly total has already fallen today. READ MORE UK weather LIVE: Met Office's 48-hour rain warning for Scotland after Storm Babet sparked flooding chaos A Mazda MX-5 and a Ford Eco Sport were abandoned after becoming stranded in floodwater near the hamlet of Downend, with firefighters rescuing the motorists.
The self-employed resident said the big problem will be for people trying to get to work, adding: 'The buses can't get through, they have had to reroute. Mr Snell said the weather was more 'typical' for October than that of Storm Babet, adding that the storm was 'thankfully long gone'.
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