Severe weather warning for North-east

Rain set to batter region this weekend

By David Ewen chief reporter

Published: 04/07/2012

A SEVERE weather warning has been put in place for the next few days with heavy rain set to fall.

The North-east will be battered on Friday and Saturday – and the rain will continue into Sunday.

Forecasters said the rain would be “heavy at times on Friday” with “outbreaks of heavy rain on Saturday continuing into Sunday”.

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