UK weather latest: Downpours to continue as communities reel from floods after torrential rain

Houses and cars submerged under water following severe flooding on November 08, 2019 in Doncaster
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Jacob Jarvis10 November 2019

Downpours are set to blight the UK for another week after torrential rain caused mass flooding across swathes of the nation.

A number of communities already hit by flooding remain on high alert after heavy downpours left rivers swollen.

Met Office meteorologist Sophie Yeomans said more rain is expected to hit the country overnight.

Ms Yeomans said a weather system moving across Europe will cause a "fair amount" of rainfall across England and Wales throughout the week.

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"It is going to be an unsettled week in terms of rain," she said.

The rain is forecast to reach Northern Ireland first on Sunday evening before hitting Wales and north-west England later in the night and then spreading across the rest of the UK into Monday morning.

It comes after flooding hit towns across the Midlands and northern England on Thursday and Friday.

Several areas were deluged with one month's worth of rain in a day.

Submerged: Cars were covered in water during the floods
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A woman died after being swept up in floodwaters.

The body of Annie Hall, the former High Sheriff of Derbyshire, was found in the River Derwent on Friday morning after she was engulfed by floodwater in Darley Dale, near Matlock.

Many parts of Fishlake, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, on Sunday remained under one metre of water from the nearby River Don and only tractors were able to get in by road.

About half of the 700 residents evacuated, as water began to inundate the village during heavy rain.

However, some people spent Saturday in the Hare and Hounds pub, with others seeking shelter and company in the church.

Emergency services responding to the floods
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Matlock on Friday while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn met flooded residents in Conisborough, South Yorkshire, on Saturday.

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for heavy rain on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

"Some catchments in the north are still sensitive at the moment," Ms Yeomans said.

Seven severe "danger to life" flood warnings, all along the River Don in Yorkshire, remained in place on Sunday, according to the Environment Agency.

There were also 41 active flood warnings and 94 flood alerts.

Snow could fall in parts of Scotland on Sunday night and Wales could get a dusting later in the week, Ms Yeomans added.

The coldest night of autumn was recorded in Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands on Saturday night where the temperature dropped to minus 7.1C.

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