Flooding from main rivers may proceed till Tuesday following Storm Babet, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned.
Despite the worst of the storm now having handed, rivers in North Yorkshire, the Midlands and the South West may proceed to overflow, the company mentioned.
“Ongoing flooding is probable on some larger rivers including the Severn, Ouse and Trent through to Tuesday,” mentioned EA flood responsibility supervisor Katharine Smith.
Derby City Council mentioned there have been record-breaking water ranges within the River Derwent and mentioned the clean-up may take a number of days.
Pictures gathered by a Sky News group in Rotherham and Catcliffe in South Yorkshire confirmed vehicles submerged as much as the tops of their doorways.
In Scotland, the place there was a purple climate warning within the east of the nation on Saturday, numerous properties that misplaced energy have been reconnected.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks mentioned it restored energy to 36,000 of its prospects by 4.45pm on Saturday following a “day of progress” and was making a “final push” to “reconnect the remaining 700 properties”.
The most weak prospects are being “spoken to directly and are being offered practical help, support and accommodation where necessary”, it added.
The final remaining Met Office climate warning, for rain, expired at midnight.
In the North Sea, off the coast of Aberdeen, an organization working a drilling platform mentioned it had eliminated non-essential personnel after 4 of the platform’s eight anchors turned indifferent in extreme climate attributable to Storm Babet.
Stena Drilling Limited mentioned two coastguard helicopters and a search and rescue helicopter had been “mobilised to transfer 45 non-essential personnel from the drilling unit to neighbouring platforms and to Sumburgh on the Shetland Islands”.
The Stena Spey platform stays safe and steady, the corporate added.
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In London, King’s Cross station was closed on Saturday afternoon to “manage passenger numbers”.
Managers mentioned it was as a result of Storm Babet had introduced “severe disruption to the rail network”.
A retired man with Parkinson’s illness mentioned there was a “high chance of a crush” throughout overcrowding on the central London terminal.
John Hinson, 61, from North Ferriby in East Yorkshire, mentioned individuals had been “crashing against the barrier” as they tried to succeed in their trains.
“It was just so dangerous,” he mentioned.
Source: information.sky.com”