Huge Waves crash against Porthcawl lighthouse, WALES will be hit by further flooding later this week as rivers and waterways struggle to cope with days of prolonged downpours, forecasters have warned.

Weather warnings are in place for most of the UK, as forecasters say another storm system could hit this week. The Met Office issued yellow "be aware" warnings for wind and rain for all regions except Eastern England and Orkney and Shetland. Severe weather warnings of snow were also issued for eight regions of Scotland for 24 hours from 03:00 GMT.

Two new reports from the agency says that unless there is radical overhaul of water management, droughts like the one experienced last spring and autumn will be commonplace by the 2050s.

The world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters, China, the US and India, will be legally bound for the first time to cut their emissions in a new international climate change treaty to be signed by 2015 and to come into force by 2020.