Man found dead after going missing while walking his dog during Storm Bert

Brian Perry went missing with his canine (Image: Social media)

A assemblage has been recovered successful the hunt for a canine walker who went missing successful floodwater arsenic Storm Bert continued to origin disruption crossed the UK.

The 2nd named tempest of the play has brought much than 80% of November’s mean monthly rainfall successful little than 48 hours, with much than 100 flood warnings inactive successful spot successful England, Scotland and Wales.

North Wales Police said a assemblage had been recovered successful the country of Gower Road, Trefiw, successful north-west Wales adjacent the Afon Conwy river, wherever 75-year-old Brian Perry went missing connected Saturday portion walking his dog.

The assemblage has not been formally identified but Mr Perry’s household has been informed.

In a connection connected Facebook connected Sunday afternoon, Chief Inspector Simon Kneale of North Wales Police said: “I would similar to convey the efforts of each agencies progressive successful the searches successful precise hard conditions and for the section assemblage who supported the teams successful the area.

A large incidental has been declared successful the Rhondda Cynon Taf country of South Wales, which has been 1 of the worst-hit areas with 80% of a month’s rainfall falling successful little than 48 hours.

Dozens of homes, businesses and a fig of schools person been affected by flooding successful the area.

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council said the interaction of the flooding was “looking to beryllium much important than the terrible interaction experienced during Storm Dennis” successful 2020.

Rest centres person been acceptable up for residents impacted astatine Pontypridd Library, Ystrad Sports Centre, Sobell Leisure Centre and Cynon Valley Indoor Bowls Centre.

Firefighters person begun to pump h2o retired of Sion Street successful the town, wherever respective homes person been flooded.

Since the tempest began successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday, 149mm of rainfall has fallen successful Tyn-Y-Waun successful Mid Glamorgan, Wales.

On average, the country sees 180mm of rainfall successful the full of November, Met Office meteorologist Greg Dewhurst said.

In England, 135.7mm of rainfall has been recorded from the opening of the tempest until 11am connected Sunday successful White Barrow successful Devon, which is astir fractional of the full rainfall emblematic successful November.

Severe flooding blocked railway lines betwixt Birmingham New Street and Shrewsbury connected Sunday greeting but each lines person present reopened.

An Environment Agency spokesperson said: “Significant stream and aboveground h2o flooding is imaginable successful parts of England connected Sunday, particularly successful the South West, the West Midlands, and the Calder Valley successful the North of England owed to dense rainfall and caller snowmelt.

“Minor impacts are imaginable much wide crossed England, which whitethorn proceed successful places until Tuesday.

“Environment Agency teams are retired connected the ground, taking enactment to trim the interaction of flooding and volition enactment section authorities successful their response.”

People are being told to enactment distant from swollen rivers and urged not to thrust done flood water.

West Midlands Fire Service said its crews rescued a idiosyncratic trapped successful a car stranded successful floodwater successful Walsall connected Sunday morning.

The tempest is continuing to origin disruption crossed the UK this day and upwind warnings stay successful spot with gusts of up to 70mph forecast for exposed areas.

As windy conditions persist, immoderate attractions person been closed. Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland is closed connected Sunday and each of London’s Royal Parks, including Greenwich Park and Primrose Hill, are shut.

The Met Office issued a 4th upwind informing for the UK connected Sunday morning, which covers cardinal and eastbound parts of England from until 9pm.

The nationalist upwind work has warned of precise beardown winds connected Sunday which it says are apt to bring disruption to transport, and unsafe coastal and marine conditions.

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.

Three men died connected the roads during Storm Bert connected Saturday, including a antheral successful his 60s who was killed aft a histrion fell connected a car connected the A34 adjacent Winchester.

A 34-year-old antheral died successful a single-vehicle collision successful Shipley, West Yorkshire, portion a antheral successful his 40s died successful a clang connected the A45 adjacent Flore, Northamptonshire.

It is unclear if the incidents were related to Storm Bert.