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Today, much of the UK faced the aftermath of Storm Bert. It caused widespread flooding across England and Wales, leaving people either trapped or evacuating.

The latest weather forecast suggests things are clearing up a bit, with fewer showers and clear spells for Northern Ireland and northern England, but rain continues in Scotland tonight and tomorrow.

There are still more than two hundred flood warnings and alerts and one severe danger to life warning is in place for Northamptonshire. The last of the Met Offices' heavy rain warnings, external remains for the northwest of Scotland.

Motorists are advised to check their journeys, as well as rail passengers, external as some train lines are still not operating.

You can read more about the impact of Storm Bert in our story about the disruption and clean-up.

This page was edited by Andrew Humphrey, Jenna Moon, Johanna Chisholm and Adam Durbin.

Your writers were Hollie Cole, Imogen James, Seher Asaf, Yaroslav Lukov and Gabriela Pomeroy.

As fallout from Storm Bert continues, BBC Weather's Chris Fawkes has been monitoring the situation and how it got so bad.

In a new piece on BBC Sounds, he explains just how severe the storm has been so far, and the way it affected parts of the UK.

He also discusses the controversial forecasting and warnings of the storm.

Will flooding get worse in the future? What does climate change have to do with it? You can listen now on BBC Sounds to find out.

Tim Dodd
Climate and Science reporter

I’ve just walked around the National Lido of Wales in Pontypridd, which has been heavily flooded for the second time in recent years. It’s an extremely sad scene - and one that’s personal.

The railings of the sports courts that I played at over the summer are flattened, and the tennis courts are almost swamp-like, covered in thick, dark silt.

In my first day of my new job with the BBC’s Climate and Science team, I didn’t expect to be back in the town that I’ve lived in for the past year.

The bank of the River Taff in the town’s Ynysangharad Park, where people usually sit and watch the water flow by, is littered with random objects.

In a short stroll I saw a tyre, trees and branches, and a traffic cone sat along a path that’s absolutely saturated with water.

The "Lido Ponty" reopened in 2015 after a £6.3m revamp, but was then closed for more than a year in February 2020 after Storm Dennis brought a month's worth of rain in 48 hours.

The damage was substantial, with over 1,000 tonnes of debris and water needing removal, and key infrastructure completely submerged.

This was quickly followed by the start of the pandemic, so it really hasn’t been the easiest few years for the Lido, which is hugely popular with families and a cornerstone of this Valleys town.

Further flooding is “sadly likely”, the environment secretary says, as some parts of the UK have faced a month’s of rain in two days.

England has 263 flood alerts, external and warnings, Wales has 22,, external there’s five in Scotland, external. Northern Ireland doesn't have a live flood warning system.

One severe flood warning remains in place in Northamptonshire, meaning there’s a danger to life. A major incident has been declared in the area.

Scotland faces heavy rain, according to a warning from the Met Office. It’s the only weather warning to remain active that’s been issued by the organisation.

Some travel is still affected as many rail lines remain flooded. You can check if trains are affected by using the National Rail website. , external

The south of Wales saw some of the worst from Storm Bert. In Cwmtillery, the local council says a landslip which left mud pouring down the street was caused by a coal tip.

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More now from Northampton, where there is still a severe flood warning in place for the River Nene at the Billing Aquadrome.

Sam Craddock has lived at the holiday park for 15 years and said that the flooding over the weekend has been "the worst" she's ever seen, adding that she will now be staying in rented accommodation.

"My car has been flooded, so I don't know what's going to happen with that. We don't know when we'll be allowed back," the 50-year-old told the BBC.

Speaking to BBC Radio Northampton, Anna Earnshaw, chief executive of West Northamptonshire Council, said there are three rescue centres "running with around 80-odd people in them".

"If we need to, we will cater for them overnight - we've got blankets, beds and food."

• Our colleagues in Northampton have more on the impact of flooding and Storm Bert there.

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Steve Reed, Environment Secretary, is currently giving a ministerial update to the House of Commons.

He says this morning he held an emergency meeting with the chief executive of the Environment Agency. They discussed how to bolster the response "if required".

The prime minister spoke to Wales' first minister on Sunday, and the Welsh government has activated its crisis management arrangements, he says. They have offered additional support if needed.

Around 28,000 properties have been protected by Environment Agency flood defences, Reed says, but "unfortunately, an estimated 107 properties have flooded across England."

"Further flooding is sadly likely" in the next few days, Reed says, but the impacts "should be less severe" than what has happened so far.

He adds that train lines will be open "as soon as it is safe."

He says that "climate change will inevitably lead to more severe weather of the kind we've seen this weekend."

The government is investing £2.4bn in the next two years to build and maintain flood defences, he adds.

He also says the government's thoughts and sympathies are with "all those who have been affected."

A warning for heavy rainfall remains in place in the northwest of Scotland.

The warning, issued by the Met Office, is in place until midnight. It says that further heavy rain and snow melt could "lead to some flooding and transport disruption."

It's the only weather warning to be issued by the Met Office that remains active in the country.

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Great Western Railway has given a new update on its rail services following widespread disruption.

In a statement, it says the first train from Paddington to Bristol departed today at 11:30 GMT. Services have been running hourly since then.

Meanwhile:

• Services to South Wales are calling at Bristol Temple Meads and are departing nearly every hour. These are running on a diverted route due to a blockage on the line between Swindon and Bristol Parkway
• Services in the Thames Valley to Reading, Didcot and Oxford are running
• The line is still blocked between Bedwyn and Taunton, so long-distance routes between Paddington and Devon and Cornwall can't operate

The issues are likely to continue tomorrow morning. More heavy rain is forecast tomorrow evening, which could lead to the railway flooding in some areas because the ground already so wet, the company warns.

A coal tip was responsible for a landslip that led to the evacuation of homes in Cwmtillery, Blaenau Gwent, the local council says.

The landslip left buildings deep in sludge and mud as water poured down a street, and cars got stuck among the mud and rocks after debris came down from the coal tip.

Leader of the council, Steve Thomas, said the "localised landslide" was believed to be caused by "excess water as a consequence of weather experienced during Storm Bert."

First Minister Eluned Morgan said the Welsh government was monitoring the coal tips "very, very carefully".

Elsewhere, in north Wales, Emyr Owens said he and his family were "lucky to be alive" after a landslide in Lanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Wrexham, on Saturday. Owens had just taken the children from his home to his daughter-in-law's house, he told BBC Cymru.

"Within minutes she was coming from there, and had to jump over the wall in front of the house to get out of the water."

As several areas in Northamptonshire face heavy flooding, the local fire and rescue service has declared a major incident across the county.

The only flood warning that is serious enough to pose a "danger to life" remains in place in the country, near Billing Aquadome, where boat rescues have been taking place all day. Some people remain stuck there.

In a statement online, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service adds they have co-ordinated a multi-agency response to "protect residents". Emergency services received more than 1,000 calls for assistance over the weekend.

Authorities are asking that people only call 999 when there is a "risk to life".

Dominic Bailey
BBC News Visual Journalism Team

Our team has been looking at areas hit by flooding in Wales following this weekend's storm.

Satellite imagery shows flooding along the River Usk around the town of Usk in Monmouthshire, and South of Abergavenny.

Flooded areas are shown on the map in dark blue.

Several roads are closed in the area as a result of the floodwaters. Monmouthshire council warns drivers not to drive through flooded areas.

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South Wales faced some of the worst impacts from Storm Bert over the weekend, and the threat of heavy flooding continues.

Usk, Bala and Libanus had almost a month's worth of rain in one weekend and ten areas in the country are now being advised to boil their water before consuming it.

Concerns have been raised from residents over the warnings that came before heavy flooding, as some say they weren't sufficient.

The Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, in the south east of Wales, says 200 properties have been affected by flooding after Storm Bert. The council previously suggested the number was closer to 300.

Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan has described the floods brought about by Storm Bert as being "absolutely devastating".

There are six flood warnings in place for Wales, and 18 flood alerts.

As a reminder, a warning means flooding is expected, and an alert means flooding is possible. They can be checked on the Natural Resources Wales website, external.

Chris Fawkes
BBC Weather presenter

Storm Bert has left a trail of destruction across the UK, with its intensity creating striking images of flooded town centres, submerged cars - and landslips.

So why is the flooding so bad?

Storm Bert dumped a huge amount of rain, especially over the hills of southwest England and south Wales. 193mm of rain fell on the slopes of Dartmoor in Devon, and 174mm in the hills of Bridgend county in Wales.

After our recent cold spell of weather, mild Atlantic air started to push in over the weekend with these temperature contrasts creating a powerful weather front that became very slow-moving.

Strong south-westerly winds moved the moisture laden air up and over the hills, which created a zone of heavy rain that lasted for about 36 hours.

In the days before storm Bert hit, we were forecasting up to 150mm of rain across the hills of Wales and southwest England – so the rainfall forecasts were quite accurate.

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Tina Honeyfield from Cwmtillery, south-east Wales, has recounted the flooding ordeal her family experienced last night.

She tells the BBC's Hywel Griffith that her family were "just sitting down for dinner" when she wanted to check the drain in the front of the house.

"I opened the door, and couldn't see the street. I couldn't register what had happened … and by the time I thought about shutting the door it was too late."

Tina says the water level was "right to the top of my wellies". The family "scrambled" to try and bring belongings upstairs, she adds.

"It was just madness... we never had a deluge like this".

Tina also says the whole family were worried about their cat, Pippin.

"We had no choice but to leave him in the shed last night with a great pile of food and then just come back this morning and try find him.

"We couldn't find him at first. He was hiding... but we got him out in the end... he's safe".

A 94-year-old woman with mobility issues has said she used her chair lift to escape upstairs when the ground flood of her home was flooded during Storm Bert.

Annie Sweeney lives in Kings Row in Coalisland, County Tyrone, where about 15 properties were flooded on Saturday morning.

"It started off with the water coming through the front door and suddenly the whole place was swimming and we all had to rush upstairs," she told BBC News NI.

Her family are among several households in Coalisland and Dundonald who are still cleaning up in the aftermath of the storm.

• Find out more about how Annie escaped her home

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Environment Secretary Steve Reed, who earlier said the government had set up a Floods Resilience Taskforce, says the nation's flood defences are "in the worst condition on record".

He tells the PA news agency that the government has committed £2.4bn to upgrade them.

Reed says the money would also go towards maintaining flood defences already in place and building new ones "to keep people safe". He hopes that will make a difference in how the UK copes with the impacts of climate change in the future.

The environment secretary added there's "already work under way" and that the money for upgrading flood defences has been allocated for this winter and next year.

We're expecting to hear the environment secretary speak in the House of Commons shortly on the impact of Storm Bert, so stick with us.

Rozina Sini
BBC News

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Gus McKay lives in Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire and says "no sandbags were supplied" and it's now not possible to "get in or out of the town".

“I spoke to the local barbers. He had done what he could do prevent damage but his business is ruined," he tells the BBC.

He adds that the inside of an estate agent, the tea rooms, and an Italian restaurant are flooded.

“People have been given sand bags now, but it’s too late," he says.

“Now we are just waiting for the water levels to subside to start the clean up."

Chris Fawkes
BBC Weather presenter

Weather warnings are issued by the Met Office and are based on two things.

Firstly, what are the expected impacts of the weather and secondly, how likely the weather event is to happen.

Storm Bert was a system with high level impacts like flooding and disruption expected, but the confidence levels in Met Office warning system stayed at relatively low levels - and so the warnings stayed yellow.

Had confidence levels been higher, this warning would have been upgraded to an amber warning.

Interestingly, Storm Dennis brought a very similar amount of rain to south Wales back in 2020, and for this system there was a top level red rain warning issued.

This also brought severe flooding, including in Pontypridd.

Looking at the widespread disruption and damage from Storm Bert, the debate about whether the confidence levels were right and whether there should have been higher levels of warnings may well go on for some time yet.

The Welsh town of Pontypridd has seen devastating floods in the wake of Storm Bert. Some have expressed frustration that protections against the flood damage weren't in place.

Residents say the impact reminds them of Storm Dennis, which left much of Pontypridd under water when it struck the UK in 2020.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One programme, resident Paula says authorities haven't implemented any protections in the town since 2020.

"They promised us the world, and delivered absolutely nothing," she says.

Another resident, Caroline, says she's frustrated with the Welsh government and the local council.

"They come down, they're sorry for you and they ask if there's anything they can do, but it's too late. All the damage has been done," she says.

She adds that she'll have to pay for the clean-up herself. "I have no choice. My excess on the insurance company was £100 in 2020. Its now gone up to £5,000."

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As we've been reporting, Billing Aquadrome holiday park in Northamptonshire faces a severe flood warning, which means there's a danger to life.

The holiday park has already been evacuated three times this year due to flooding from the River Nene, and now residents are packing their bags for a fourth time.

Stan Brown, 67, has lived on the Billing Aquadrome for 25 years but says he has had "enough" and feels he has no choice but to move away after this round of flooding.

Speaking to PA Media, he says "enough is enough."

"I've lost a lot of money. Some people ploughed in their life savings and this happens. I've lost £140,000. That's just my lodge that I own.

"Everyone's upset because there's no system in place to get you off the park as fast as they want. It's rubbish, absolute rubbish."

West Northamptonshire Council says the holiday park was being evacuated with assistance from Northamptonshire Search and Rescue and Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service.

A rest centre is being provided at Lings Forum Leisure Centre for those displaced by the flooding, it adds.