SOGGY BRITAIN
UK flood warnings – ‘Danger to life’ floods in Yorkshire and Doncaster as river banks on brink of BURSTING
BRITS face more weather chaos today with “danger to life” floods predicted to hit parts of battered South Yorkshire.
A new Environment Agency map shows the 127 flood alerts and warnings in place today – five of them being “severe” near Doncaster.
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Flooding is also likely to hit the midlands and other parts of Yorkshire later today while river banks in the South West could burst.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to chair a meeting of the Government's emergency committee after Jeremy Corbyn hit out at the way he has handled the floods.
Forecasters are warning that 2.3inches of rain – the equivalent to half a month’s worth – could fall on Thursday.
WEATHER WARNINGS
The Met Office has three yellow warnings in place today – two for rain covering Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire and parts of Northern Ireland.
Meanwhile, a wind warning is in place for parts of North Wales.
Downpours last week meant several areas in Yorkshire and the East Midlands were struck by a month's worth of rain in a single day.
Around half the 700 residents of Fishlake, near Doncaster, left the village and those who stayed behind have faced waist-high floods.
Annie Hall, the former high sheriff of Derbyshire, died after she was swept away by water on Friday in Darley Dale, near Matlock.
The Cobra (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) meeting will take place this afternoon and comes after Mr Corbyn sent a letter to Mr Johnson urging him to convene the emergency response committee.
He said: "If this had happened in Surrey, not Yorkshire or the East Midlands, it seems far more likely that a national emergency would have been declared.”
HEAVY RAIN
Helen Roberts, a meteorologist for the Met Office, said the rain was finally going to move southwards away from the affected area on Tuesday afternoon.
Ms Roberts said there was an "improving picture for that part of the country" but warned there could still be some heavy rain on Tuesday morning.
She said: "What we've got is a band of rain moving across that part of the country, particularly first thing in the morning.
"It's sort of gradually going to move its way southwards as the day goes on."
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Five severe flood warnings remain in place around Doncaster, warning of a danger to life in the areas around the River Don at Bentley, Fishlake, Kirk Bramwith, South Bramwith and Willow Bridge Caravan Site.
Ms Roberts added that Tuesday will be a "windy day for all" with the possibility of showers in places, but many people will see some good weather.
She said: "The rain will move itself southwards as the day goes on. There will be a great deal of dry and bright weather."
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Devastated Fishlake resident Pam Webb breaks down explaining how flooding isn't covered by her insurance
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