More flooding likely after Storm Bert hits UK

More flooding is apt "this week" arsenic the after-effects of Storm Bert are inactive being felt, the situation caput has said, with much rainfall expected to autumn contiguous connected sodden ground.

Across England, Wales and Scotland, 140 flood warnings are successful place, portion a terrible "danger to life" informing remains successful spot for the River Nene successful Northamptonshire aft a vacation parkland was submerged for the 3rd clip this year.

Residents astatine Billing Aquadrome, wherever a large incidental has been declared, slept astatine an evacuation centre overnight connected Monday.

Heavy rainfall and beardown winds brought by Storm Bert over the weekend led to astatine slightest 5 deaths, portion homes, roads and obstruction networks faced large disruption.

While the tempest volition proceed to propulsion distant towards Scandinavia connected Tuesday, showers are expected successful south-east, south-west and north-west England, arsenic good arsenic Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed said the interaction of flooding "should beryllium little severe".

He told the Commons connected Monday: “Further flooding is sadly apt implicit the adjacent fewer days arsenic h2o levels emergence successful slower flowing rivers specified arsenic the Severn and the Ouse."

Flood warnings connected Tuesday are peculiarly concentrated successful Northamptonshire, Worcestershire and astir south-west England.

Some residents of the Billing Aquadrome caravan parkland successful Northamptonshire slept astatine a leisure centre overnight, portion others opted to slumber successful their cars.

Volunteers from humanitarian foundation React offered those affected toothpaste and socks, portion different foundation cooked blistery meals successful the car park.

West Northamptonshire Council said it had helped 114 people, including 30 families with children.

BBC Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood said a set of rainfall volition determination northwards and eastwards into Tuesday evening and overnight “and arsenic it does so, the upwind is besides going to strengthen”.

“Some of it volition beryllium dense successful areas wherever we haven’t had arsenic overmuch rainfall recently.”

Heavy rainfall is forecast from Essex to the Isle of Wight connected Wednesday greeting “where we could person different inch”, Kirkwood said.

The rainfall volition propulsion steadily eastwards with showers successful north-east England and south-east Scotland connected Wednesday, she added.

“The upwind volition beryllium gusty done Lincolnshire, successful done East Anglia into the South East,” Kirkwood said.

Winds successful those areas could scope 50 to 55mph, she added.

The Met Office has faced disapproval implicit insufficient warnings up of the tempest making landfall.

While its services manager Simon Brown said connected Monday that "observed rainfall totals were broadly successful enactment with the forecast and the terrible upwind warnings issued successful advance", helium said helium was committed to "learning the lessons... to enactment adjacent greater preparedness".

In Chippenham, Wiltshire, a clean-up cognition is taking place.

The h2o has dropped back, but determination is simply a inactive a fig of flood warnings successful place.

The biggest contented astatine the infinitesimal is traffic, with a fig of the roads astir municipality centre closed disconnected causing gridlock.

But 3 schools closed yesterday are owed to reopen connected Tuesday.

National Rail said connected Tuesday that "various routes" successful south-west England and Wales would proceed to beryllium impacted connected Tuesday pursuing disruption caused by Storm Bert.

It said it needed to region debris from the enactment betwixt Swindon and Bristol Parkway, which had been impacted by flooding.

Meanwhile, level closures astatine Newbury owed to "ongoing damage" caused by the tempest meant Great Western Railway were reducing the fig of trains moving done the presumption connected Tuesday, Network Rail said.

Five men died implicit the play arsenic a effect of the adverse weather.

North Wales Police confirmed a assemblage was recovered aft Brian Perry, a 75 year-old dogwalker, went missing adjacent the River Conwy successful Trefriw connected Sunday.

Mohammed Wahid, a 34-year-old antheral whose car deed a partition successful the snowfall successful Shipley, West Yorkshire, died connected Saturday.

Three different men died successful roadworthy accidents connected Saturday. A antheral died erstwhile his car was deed by a histrion connected the A34 astatine Winnall, Hampshire, and different antheral crashed connected the A45 adjacent Flore, Northamptonshire, during unreserved hour.

A 3rd man, successful his 80s, died aft driving into a ford successful Colne, Lancashire.