Floods sweep through parts of England and Wales in wake of Storm Bert 

Floods swept done parts of Britain connected Sunday arsenic residents woke to flooded homes and streets arsenic Storm Bert battered Britain.

Floods successful the tiny Welsh municipality of Pontypridd, adjacent Cardiff, near residents battling precocious h2o levels and volunteering successful groups to assistance wide h2o from their homes and streets utilizing an assortment of buckets.

Emergency workers rescued a canine portion section nonmigratory Victor fled the municipality with his spouse and favored feline 'Cookie' aft moving their valuables to the precocious level of the home, readying connected returning erstwhile waters subside.

In West Yorkshire's tiny municipality of Hebden Bridge, occurrence fighters planned to instrumentality a large roadworthy backmost into usage arsenic they spent the greeting utilizing pumps to region the floodwaters disconnected the roadworthy and backmost into the section river.

Storm Bert brought snow, rainfall and beardown winds connected Saturday (November 23), sidesplitting 1 idiosyncratic and closing respective railway lines, bridges and roads.

A antheral successful his 60s died aft a histrion fell connected a car connected the A34 road successful confederate England, section constabulary said.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly termed the tempest a "multi-hazard event," saying it was expected to bring snow, rainfall and upwind to Britain for astir of the weekend.