Storm Babet: Disruption across UK as Nottinghamshire town evacuates

Trains continue to be disrupted and roads closed due to flooding from major rivers after Storm Babet.

There is significant disruption in Yorkshire, where the River Don has overflowed and flooded railway lines.

Routes between and around Derby, Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster have all been closed on Sunday.

In other parts of the country - in Scotland, East of England and the Midlands - infrastructure issues in the aftermath of the flooding has led to services being suspended.

Three people have died since the storm hit the UK on Wednesday, while a search continues in Aberdeenshire after a report of a man trapped in a vehicle in floodwater.

The Environment Agency said three severe flood warnings were in place around the River Derwent in Derbyshire, meaning deep and fast-flowing water carries a significant risk of death or serious injury, and serious disruption.

Derby City Council said they are seeing record-breaking water levels in the River Derwent and warned that cleaning up after the floods could take several days.

Residents are being advised to evacuate their homes in Retford, a town in Nottinghamshire, as water levels continue to rise.

The River Idle is expected to reach record levels as flooding continues, the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Local Resilience Forum (LRF) has said.

The group said they expect river levels to continue to pose a risk to life until Tuesday, even though no significant rainfall is forecast.

Scotland has been badly affected and a red weather warning – which warns of danger to life – was issued for the second consecutive day on Saturday for parts of Angus and Aberdeenshire.

The Met Office downgraded the warning on Saturday afternoon after rainfall across eastern Scotland eased.

In Wales, a severe flood warning has been issued for the village of Llandrinio, Powys, as well as isolated properties in the Severn-Vyrnwy confluence area.

The Energy Network Association said a “small handful” of homes will still be without power on Sunday after around 100,000 customers were affected by power cuts.

On Friday, a man in his 60s died after getting caught in fast-flowing floodwater in the town of Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire.

Police Scotland previously said a falling tree hit a van near Forfar in Angus on Thursday evening, killing the 56-year-old driver.

A 57-year-old woman also died on Thursday after being swept into a river in the region.

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