The British Red Cross says it has been liaising with local authorities to support people affected by Storm Dennis.

"We are currently responding in Shropshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and Gloucestershire, and we are currently ready to help in Wales, Manchester, Buckinghamshire, Lancashire and Inverness," it said.

"Water is anticipated to be at peak levels on Monday and Tuesday. It is important people are ready should the worst happen."

A Met Office yellow warning for strong winds remains in place for large parts of the UK this morning.

The warning, covering Scotland, Northern Ireland and much of the Welsh coast and south-west England, lasts until 11:00.

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BBC Breakfast

George Eustice, who became environment secretary in the cabinet reshuffle last week, tells BBC Breakfast that extreme weather events like Storm Dennis are “becoming more frequent”.

“We are sadly suffering more and more of these extreme weather events. With this particular storm, because it came on the back of other storms and the land was already saturated, because there were quite widespread impacts, this is having effects right across the country,” he says.

He says that the areas of greatest concern are along the River Severn in Gloucestershire.

The aftermath of Storm Dennis continues to cause transport problems, with train lines and roads still blocked by flooding.

Network Rail is assessing the repairs needed to reopen parts of the system damaged by torrential downpours and strong winds over the weekend.

Among the operators with delays and cancellations are CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, Northern, South Western Railway, Southern, Thameslink and Transport for Wales.

Rotherham Central station will be closed until at least Tuesday due to flooding.

A fault with the signalling system in the Welwyn Garden City area has also caused major disruption to services between Stevenage and London Kings Cross.

BBC Breakfast

Environment Secretary George Eustice has outlined the government's response to major flooding across England and Wales.

“We have done a lot of work over the last five years to invest in flood defences. Some £2.5bn, 600 projects protecting over 200,000 properties and there is more work under way with £4bn committed in the next five years," he told BBC Breakfast.

Responding to local criticism of the response to flooding in York, which is expected to reach a high water level at around 10:45 GMT, Mr Eustice says millions has already been spent on defences there.

“We’ve got around £80m of projects around York both managing water upstream but also five years ago improving the capacity of the Foss barrier,” he says.

“We have got projects that are in the planning stage right now to protect some of the communities down alongside the River Ouse."

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A child "amazingly" escaped with only minor injuries when a tree crashed through her bedroom window during Storm Dennis, Avon Fire and Rescue Service has said.

She was one of several residents treated by paramedics when the tree hit a block of flats in Hanham, Bristol, just after 19:00 GMT on Sunday.

A spokesperson for the rescue service said the girl was on her bed playing on her phone when the tree fell.

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About 130 properties had to be evacuated in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire yesterday, with more residents helped from their homes overnight.

A relief centre has been set up at the high school in the town.

The county council has warned that more residents could be evacuated from their homes this afternoon.

Although in some areas river levels are dropping, they are set to rise again over the next few hours, peaking during the evening.

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The River Ouse in York is continuing to rise but the Environment Agency (EA) says things are "improving".

Thousands of sandbags have been given out across the city to protect vulnerable properties.

The EA says the latest recorded level on the Ouse at 07:00 GMT was 4.36m above its normal level, external.

That's expected to rise to 4.50m at about 10:45 GMT.

Craig McGarvey, from the EA, says: "The river is still rising. It's going to rise to its highest point at about teatime tonight.

"It rises very slowly and could be high for a long time, but it's going to be well within the flood defences.

"It's a much improving position and we haven't had as much rain as we were concerned about before the weekend," he added.

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The government has activated an emergency funding scheme for areas affected by the flooding, which include parts of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.

Under the Bellwin scheme, local authorities can apply for the government to reimburse non-insurable costs above a certain threshold, which has not been specified.

More than 300 flood warnings are still in place across the UK, including five severe warnings in England, which mean there is a danger to life.

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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage as the UK deals with the after-effects of Storm Dennis.

Communities across the country are facing another day of flooding and travel chaos, following a weekend of torrential rain.

There's been an update from police on the woman who is missing in floodwater in Worcestershire.

Police said earlier one man was rescued near Eastham Bridge over the River Teme near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, at about 11:30 GMT.

But a woman has yet to be found, with authorities calling off the search until Monday.

Here are some of today's key updates as Storm Dennis continues to batter the UK:

• Police in Worcestershire are searching for a person who is feared to have been swept into the River Teme, near Tenbury Wells - which was also badly affected by flooding.
• A record number of flood warnings and alerts were issued for England on Sunday, reaching a combined total of 600 as of 1900 GMT
• Flooding and landslides led to major incidents being declared in south Wales, Nottinghamshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire.
• Residents were rescued from flooded homes in south Wales, while Herefordshire council set up an evacuation centres after widespread flooding across the county.
• Homes were flooded in Lowdham, a village in Nottinghamshire, which was declared a major incident by Newark and Sherwood District Council.
• A severe flood warning is in place for Ludlow, in Shropshire, with West Mercia Police declaring a major incident in the county.

• Road, rail and air travellers faced disruption to their trips, with some train operators urging people not to travel today.

More train woes - this time affecting travel to and from Manchester.

One person has been confirmed as missing near Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire.

Earlier, West Mercia Police said a man was rescued from water close to Woodston Oast House and taken to hospital.

A spokesman has since said another adult is missing after officers were called to Eastham Bridge at 11:30.

Emergency services in boats and a police helicopter have been searching for someone swept away in the water.

Severn Area Rescue team has also deployed a team to help.

An 80-metre cargo ship which had been abandoned and adrift in the mid-Atlantic for over a year has been swept ashore in east Cork, in Ireland.

“The ship was high and dry on rocks at low tide at 5pm,” said Paschal Sheehy, an editor for Irish broadcaster RTÉ.

A delivery company has confirmed one of its drivers is "safe and unhurt" after a van was washed away trying to cross a flooded stream in the New Forest.

A DPD spokesman said: "We are aware of the incident and can confirm that the driver is safe and was unhurt.

"Our team has been on site, but it wasn’t safe to recover the vehicle. We will do so at the earliest opportunity."

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Storm Dennis is still creating havoc on the trains, with the advice being to check with the operator before you travel.

Disruption is likely to continue into Monday, train operators across the country are warning.

Ludlow Town Council is offering tea, sympathy and shelter at the local Methodist Church, for those affected by flooding in the Shropshire area.