Heavy Rain in U.K. Causes Hundreds of Flood Warnings and Travel Disruptions

Here’s what to know about the rain.

• A storm brought heavy bands of rain to Southern England on Thursday, flooding an already saturated area.

• In France, fire services and local governments have conducted more than 700 evacuations since Saturday.

• In Germany, the army was deployed to help reinforce dikes against rising floodwaters.

In England, hundreds of flood warnings are in place.

Torrential rains that swept across parts of England overnight prompted a wave of weather alerts and travel disruptions early Friday, forecasters and officials said, warning that some rivers could see flooding continue for days.

Nearly 300 flood warnings, which indicate flooding is expected, were in place across England on Friday morning, according to Britain’s government. The warnings targeted villages and bodies of water from the Midlands to the eastern and southern coasts.

Officials also issued hundreds more flood alerts, which suggest possible flooding, for various communities and rivers.

Sustained flooding was also probable along parts of the River Severn, the longest river in Britain, and the River Trent, in the Midlands, over the next five days. Parts of the River Thames, which flows through London, could see flooding from Saturday until Monday.

While rain this time of year in England is not uncommon, an unsettling storm rushed across Southern England on Thursday, bringing heavy swaths of rain.