The M5 motorway in South Gloucestershire is closed in both directions due to severe flooding. Fire crews were called in the early hours of Friday 27 September to help rescue drivers from their cars. The road is closed northbound between junctions 16 and 14, with the southbound carriageway closed between junction 14 and 15.

A rescue operation took place on the M5 this morning while a football stadium and its facilities were badly flooded.

The yellow weather warning comes into force from 9am Sunday and is expected to affect the south west of England and Wales