A YELLOW warning for wind and rain has been put in place across Oxfordshire for next week.

Oxford is predicted to get snow flurries from 9pm tomorrow to midnight on Wednesday, with temperatures dropping to 2C.

The Met Office has issued a warning for winds reaching 50-60mph and heavy rain from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning.

Chief forecaster Eddie Carroll said: “This has the potential to produce 20-40mm of rainfall in the warning area.

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“These rainfall amounts are likely to lead to standing water and also the risk of localised river flooding.”

It comes after fire crews had 20 call-outs in the county on Friday because of the stormy weather.

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said most of the calls were an increase in alarms going off during power cuts.

A control room officer for the service said: “We can’t say definitively that they are all because of the weather but we always see an increase in alarms at homes and businesses going off when there’s bad weather.”

More than 500 people in and around Abingdon and Bampton were left without power from 5.30pm on Friday because of two separate faults, including when an overhead line came down, but it was back up by 7.30am on Saturday.

Fire crews had to take down the sign of the New Dancing Dragon restaurant in Banbury Road on Saturday because it was at risk of falling onto the footpath.

Several trees were blown down, including one in Valentia Road, Headington, and another in Downsview Road, Wantage.

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