More rain forecast after Storm Bert hits UK

More rainfall is owed to autumn connected Tuesday and Wednesday successful confederate England and southbound Wales, wherever flooding and precocious winds from Storm Bert person caused large disruption to homes, roads and obstruction networks.

At slightest 5 radical person died successful the tempest that struck overmuch of the UK implicit the play and prompted disapproval astir a deficiency of mentation and insufficient warnings.

The terrible flood informing for the River Nene successful Northamptonshire remains successful unit with a "danger to beingness and hazard of important disruption", arsenic a vacation parkland has been submerged for the 3rd clip this year.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed said much flooding is apt this week but it should beryllium "less severe" than connected Sunday.

He told the Commons connected Monday astir 28,000 properties are being protected by Environment Agency flood defences.

He said an estimated 107 properties person flooded crossed England, "principally from stream and aboveground h2o flooding."

Residents of flood-hit areas are being near with large clean-up jobs, with 1 concern proprietor telling the BBC her store had been devastated.

"Everything's been wiped retired this time," said Laura Jones, whose crafts store successful Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, was hit.

"Business is wholly finished, flooding has wiped america retired 1 excessively galore times."

She added that she and her hubby are present "living hr by hour".

Politicians and residents successful southbound Wales, 1 of the areas worst deed by the flooding, person criticised what they accidental is a deficiency of mentation and insufficient warning from officials.

A clean-up cognition is nether mode successful Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, wherever locals said lessons were not learned from Storm Dennis, which near overmuch of the municipality nether h2o successful 2020.

One resident, Paula, said authorities "promised america the world, and delivered perfectly nothing".

An estimated 200 properties person been flooded successful the area.

Andrew Morgan, person of Rhondda Cynon Taf council, said helium was "amazed" that lone a yellowish upwind informing was enactment successful place.

Heledd Fychan, Plaid Cymru Senedd subordinate for South Wales Central, said the warnings came excessively late: "It's conscionable by luck that it wasn't worse this."

The Environment Agency issued much than 100 warnings – meaning flooding is expected – and astir 150 flood alerts crossed England connected Monday.

Police determination are informing against each unnecessary travel, and person told radical "not to thrust done floodwater of immoderate depth".

The section occurrence and rescue work said it was moving to evacuate the Billing Aquadrome vacation park, with astir 1,000 affected.

Some residents of south-east Wales person been advised to boil their h2o before utilizing it to debar contamination.

Scotland has been little affected by floods, with 5 warnings and alerts successful place. None person been issued successful Northern Ireland.

But Storm Bert is present centred connected the north-west of the UK and is tracking eastwards crossed Scotland, bringing dense showers and beardown winds.

Blocked and flooded obstruction lines led immoderate bid operators to cancel services successful respective areas connected Monday.

Great Western Railway, which runs trains betwixt London and southbound westbound England, advised passengers not to question connected immoderate of its routes.

West Midlands Railway warned of terrible disruption to immoderate of its routes aft flooding successful Northamptonshire.

National Rail has warned of disruption crossed England, Wales and Scotland and advised customers to check their routes earlier travelling.

Drivers are besides being affected arsenic galore roads astir the UK person been closed successful flood-hit areas.

Severe flooding has besides prompted schoolhouse closures.

At slightest 30 schools were closed successful Wales connected Monday with much than a twelve closed successful Wiltshire and 7 having to unopen successful Oxfordshire.

Some 57 children were rescued from a manager taking them to schoolhouse adjacent Evesham, Worcestershire, erstwhile it became stuck successful a flooded ditch.

Students were ferried to adust onshore successful a occurrence work rescue boat.

In Wiltshire, Chippenham municipality centre was brought to a standstill aft the River Avon burst its banks.

Becky Lyons runs a favored store successful the municipality and said her premises was near nether respective feet of water: "I consciousness a spot bare and numb. I've enactment everything into this shop."

Ben Ruddy, whose food and spot store was flooded successful Lydney, Gloucestershire, said: "The sandbags did not bash a lot. Within a mates of hours the h2o was implicit them."

In Worcestershire, constabulary are investigating footage of a tractor being driven done flooded streets which caused bow waves to deed store windows.

Louise Preston, who owns a pottery store successful Tenbury Wells, said her store's beforehand model was smashed by the h2o arsenic the tractor drove past.

West Mercia Police said it was "aware of videos circulating connected societal media" and is investigating.

West Midlands Fire Service had warned radical against driving done flood h2o connected Sunday.

Details person emerged astir the 5 men who 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.

The Met Office said it would behaviour a afloat appraisal of Bert Storm but said it was "well forecast" successful beforehand with a fig of warnings issued.

Natural Resources Wales said the authorities assemblage would "absolutely" look into complaints astir a deficiency of preparedness.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed said the authorities had committed £2.4bn to upgrade the UK's flood defences, which helium described arsenic "in their worst information connected record".