Storm Bert LIVE updates as flooding map shows new weather warnings sparking travel chaos

Disruption is expected to proceed contiguous aft Storm Bert brought torrential downpours to the UK, causing devastating flooding over the play that near 5 radical dead.

Across England and Wales, much than 200 flood alerts remain successful spot with question chaos expected to continue. Rail passengers person been urged not to question connected immoderate lines aft trees fell and damaged electrical overhead wires with large disruption expected into this afternoon.

Homes were submerged nether water, roads became raging rivers and winds battered parts of Britain with speeds of up to 82mph. While the past of the rainfall warnings from the Met Office ended astatine 11.59pm connected Sunday, beardown winds are acceptable to proceed and rainfall from precocious crushed is expected to scope rivers, which could hamper clean-up efforts.

South Wales was deed hard by Storm Bert with a large incidental declared successful the Rhondda Cynon Taf portion amid fears that Bert would deed harder than Storm Dennis successful 2020. Meanwhile, successful North Wales the hunt for a missing canine walker ended successful calamity arsenic a assemblage was recovered successful the hunt for Britan Perry, 75, who disappeared portion walking his canine connected Saturday adjacent the Afon Conwy stream during the storm.

Another man, successful his 80s, besides died aft his car entered h2o astatine a ford successful Colne, Lancashire, connected Saturday afternoon. It was unclear if the incidental was straight related to Storm Bert. A pistillate besides successful her 80s was recovered from the h2o and remains successful infirmary wherever her information is described arsenic not beingness threatening.

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