Hundreds of flights cancelled at Heathrow Airport as Storm Bert causes travel chaos with trains axed and roads closed

HUNDREDS of flights person been cancelled astatine Heathrow Airport aft Storm Bert caused question chaos crossed the country.

Storm Bert continued to spark large disruption contiguous with trains axed and roads closed successful aggregate parts of the UK.

Wind warnings stay successful spot with gusts of up to 70mph forecast for exposed areas.

The almighty gales person caused flights to beryllium cancelled and trees person fallen connected railway lines meaning lengthy delays.

Over 200 flights person been cancelled truthful acold astatine Heathrow according to question information tract FlightAware.

Greater Anglia, which operates trains from London Liverpool Street to Stanstead Airport, cancelled 52 services connected Sunday day arsenic fallen trees damaged the railway’s overhead electrical wires.

It comes arsenic much than 200 flood alerts are successful spot contiguous arsenic the deadly Storm Bert continues to batter the UK.

Locals successful Pontypridd, South Wales, awoke to find their beforehand gardens underwater and cars wholly submerged connected the street.

Persistent rainfall overnight saw the River Taff burst its banks and origin chaos successful the town.

Meanwhile successful in Cymmer, South Wales, shocking pictures amusement the demolition yet different landslide has inflicted.

This comes aft 5 children and 5 adults had to beryllium rescued from a akin earthy catastrophe yesterday.

Three radical person died truthful acold from the effects of the "multi-hazard" storm.

The Met Office person said determination is imaginable for accelerated flowing oregon heavy floodwater to origin much information to beingness aft dense downpours and howling winds swept crossed the nation.

The popular Winter Wonderland festive lawsuit successful London has besides been forced to adjacent owed to information concerns, on with the 8 Royal Parks.

A yellowish upwind informing is presently unit for ample parts of England, with gusts of up to 65mph expected successful immoderate places.

Another yellowish informing for rainfall remains successful spot for overmuch of south-west of England, wherever the Met Office is informing immoderate communities whitethorn beryllium chopped disconnected by flooded roads.

Dozens of reddish flood warnings person besides been issued, meaning flooding is expected and residents and business owners should "act now".

Met Office weather forecasters person warned Britons affected by the storms to support their eyes fixed connected UK upwind warnings arsenic they could alteration astatine the past minute.

The Met Office has issued a big of upwind warnings contiguous covering astir of the UK from extremity to toe, with alerts for upwind and rain.

In total, determination are 5 warnings successful spot astatine present, each of which is acceptable to past into the night.

The longest-lasting is the rainfall informing for southwest England, which is successful spot until 11.45pm tonight.

The others, 1 for upwind implicit the confederate coast, different for the southeastern coast, 1 for upwind covering Northern Ireland and a rainfall informing covering occidental Scotland, each expire by 11pm.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Andy Page said: “Impacts from Storm Bert volition proceed to origin disruption arsenic we spell done today, and aggregate warnings are successful spot for upwind and rain.

"While the hazard of immoderate snowfall has present diminished, rainfall volition impact overmuch of the UK today, successful peculiar immoderate southwestern parts of England and South Wales, but the heaviest rainfall volition easiness from these areas done the day.

“The beardown southerly winds proceed contiguous and warnings are successful spot for central, confederate and eastbound England, Northern Ireland and occidental Scotland wherever gusts could highest astatine 60 mph and could adjacent scope much than 70 mph on immoderate exposed coasts.

"Warnings could inactive beryllium amended, perchance astatine abbreviated notice, truthful it is important radical support up to day with the precise latest forecast.”

Heathrow Airport person been contacted for remark by The Sun.