MUCH of the South West is set to be drenched both this evening and tomorrow as a yellow weather warning has been released for the whole of the South West.

Forecasted by the UK's Met Office, a two-day yellow weather warning has been put in place for today and tomorrow (October 15 and 16).

Check if your property could be at risk of flooding. If so, consider preparing a flood plan and an emergency flood kit.

The rain is set to start from around 6pm today and continue on and off until noon tomorrow.

Be prepared for weather warnings to change quickly: when a weather warning is issued, the Met Office recommends staying up to date with the weather forecast in your area.

Most of the South West will be impacted by 'heavy rain' today and tomorrow. (Image: Met Office) Speaking about the forecast downpour, a spokesperson from the Met Office said: "Areas of heavy rain are expected to develop and push north across the warning area. Rain will develop in southwest England late afternoon, before becoming heavier and expanding north on Tuesday evening and overnight into Wednesday.

"Many places will see around 10-20 mm of rain, but there is a chance some locations may see considerably more than this over a 6-hour period, most likely parts of southwest England and south Wales.

"A few places may see 50-80 mm of rainfall in 6 hours.

"Isolated thunderstorms are also possible in the south of the warning area, with lightning an additional hazard.

"Spells of heavy rain on Tuesday night and Wednesday may lead to some travel disruption and flooding in places."