UK weather: Brave revellers get drenched on Leeds’ booze-fuelled Otley Run as heavy rain blasts the country
REVELLERS braved torrential downpours today as they hit the streets of Leeds for the annual Otley Run.
Donning everything from nuns outfits to Trump masks and Sombreros - punters got drenched on the iconic pub crawl.
But the rain did little to dampen the spirits as drinkers gulped down pints at a whopping 17 venues down Otley Road.
Participants begin at Woodies before sinking snifters at 15 other watering holes.
They see off a final drink at the aptly named Dry Dock - a narrow boat-turned-pub.
Leeds saw around 3mm of rain an hour lash down today as temperatures loitered around 7C.
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It comes as Storm Ciarán continued to batter the UK with downpours as it headed north after sparking flooding and severe gales along the south coast.
Frank Saunders, chief forecaster at the Met Office, said: “After the events of this week, the forecast is moving into a period of fairly typical autumnal weather, with breezy conditions and spells of rain and showers, interspersed with some clearer and brighter periods.
“We still have warnings in the forecast, partly because the ground is already so wet but overall conditions are expected to be less impactful than we’ve seen over the last few days.
“Aside from scattered showers in the north and west of the UK, Bonfire Night (Sunday) will be largely dry and settled, although temperatures will be dipping compared with values last week.”
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Overnight, it will be cloudy and showers will continue and could be heavy at times.
Rain is expected to fall through the early hours and through dawn on Sunday.
There will be gentle to moderate north-westerly winds, the Met Office said.
It will be a chilly start for many on Sunday, with lows of just 3C in Aberdeen, 3C in Belfast and 6C in Cardiff.
Sunday will be a milder day with highs of 13C in London, 12C in Norwich and 11C in Newcastle.
Following days of torrential rain, eastern areas of England will clear and become dryer but patchy cloud and scattered rain will continue to fall in the west.
It will be windy in southern areas.
Schools across the UK were still shut yesterday after Storm Ciaran lashed the country.
The storm also caused a major sewage overflow and leaving thousands of families without tap water in and around Southampton.
Southern Water said: "We’re really sorry that customers are likely to experience either low pressure or a loss of water supply.
"This is due to Storm Ciarán’s unprecedented impact on the water quality and levels of the River Test, close to our Testwood Water Supply Works.
"This has made it extremely difficult for us to abstract water and treat it for drinking water, and has led to a temporary site shutdown.
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"As a result, we are struggling to fill reservoirs in some areas of southern Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
"Our teams are working around the clock to get our Testwood site back working as soon as possible as stormwater levels fall and water quality improves."
