Video: What to expect from Storm Frankpublished at 09:40
BBC Weather's Matt Taylor looks at what to expect as Storm Frank travels over the UK.
Summary
Yellow warning of rain for North West England
Three severe flood warnings in Lancashire
Flood warnings and flood alerts for Cumbria
Updates on Wednesday 30 December 2015
Video: What to expect from Storm Frankpublished at 09:40
Four flood warnings for Cumbriapublished at 09:34
The Environment Agency has issued more flood warnings for Cumbria. There are now four:
- River Ehen at Egremont, Bleach Green, Ennerdale Mill, Bridge End, Vale View, Wood Bank, Rugby Club.
- River Greta at Keswick, Keswick Campsite, Rugby Club and Quinta.
- Keswick Campsite
- River Greta at Keswick, Fitz Park and Riverside Flats Areas
Rescue boat team sent from Merseysidepublished at 09:23
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service have deployed a rescue boat to Cumbria in preparation for Storm Frank.
Image source, Merseyside Fire and RescueMerseyside crews have been helping in Cumbria, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire (pictured) since Boxing Day.
Firefighters from Merseyside also have deployed a high volume pump and support team to Lancashire to assist with the recovery.
Travel: Road closed in Loweswater expected to be 'some time due to size of tree'published at 09:14
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End of twitter postTravel: A66 closed to high-sided vehiclespublished at 09:10
The A66 is closed to high sided vehicles between Bowes and the A685 due to strong winds.
Nearly 700 homes without power in Cumbriapublished at 09:06
Electricity North West says that just under 700 homes are without power in the county.
It's affecting properties in the Egremont and Penrith areas.
Travel: Police warning for high-sided and light vehicles on A66published at 09:00
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End of twitter postFirst real signs of Storm Frank arrive in Cumbriapublished at 08:48
The Met Office says the first real signs of Storm Frank have arrived in Cumbria.
Keswick has already seen a total of 26.5mm of rain and they say100-120mm is still expected in some areas of Cumbria with 40-50mm expected more widely.
Gusts of 67 mph have been recorded at St Bees.
Cumbria Police say 58mph winds have been recorded on the A66 in Cumbria and advise to drive only if you have to in the north and west of the county.
A fallen tree at Loweswater has taken out some phone lines in the village.
Croston: Severe flood warnings in placepublished at 08:39
There are three severe flood warnings, external in place for the River Yarrow in Croston.
Areas affected include:
- Grape Lane, Town Road, and Yarrow Close
- Back Drinkhouse Lane and Drinkhouse Lane, the junction of Westhead Road and Riverside Crescent, Lonsdale Drive, Langdale Avenue, Coniston Way and Croston sewage works
- Drinkhouse Road, Drinkhouse Lane next to the railway, Westfields, Riverside Crescent, Yarrow Close, Carvers Bridge, Turflands, The Hillocks, and Home Farm Mews
Power cut affecting 175 properties in Penrithpublished at 08:29
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End of twitter postAreas of concern in Cumbriapublished at 08:20
Yesterday Cumbria Police named Appleby, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cockermouth, Egremont, Flimby and Glenridding as the main areas at risk from heavy rain and gale force winds.
What's the situation looking like at the moment?
Lynne Jones owns the Hazelmere Guest House which overlooks Keswick's flood defences:
Quote MessageIt's not doing too badly... It's up but it's rising very slowly at the moment but we're not expecting the main rainfall just yet...
Gareth Hayes is from Appleby Town Council and has been up since 05:00 watching the weather:
Quote MessageIt's been quite dry... But it could still rain all day so we have to be vigilant...
RAF returns to Croston to continue repairspublished at 08:10
An RAF helicopter is due to return to Croston later to continue repairs to river defences.
The Chinook was operating in the village yesterday flying in materials to help repair the River Douglas.
Three flood warnings for Cumbriapublished at 07:58
The Environment Agency has issued more flood warnings for Cumbria.
We now have three:
- River Ehen at Egremont, Bleach Green, Ennerdale Mill, Bridge End, Vale View, Wood Bank, Rugby Club.
- River Greta at Keswick, Keswick Campsite, Rugby Club and Quinta.
- Keswick Campsite
More than 100mm of rain possible in Cumbriapublished at 07:49
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End of twitter postFlood warning issued for Keswick Campsitepublished at 07:40
The Environment Agency has issued a flood warning for Keswick Campsite.
There are also 14 flood alerts in Cumbria, which is the lowest level of warning issued by the Environment Agency.
Police give standing water warningpublished at 07:30
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End of twitter postSevere weather warnings in place in Crostonpublished at 07:17
Dave Guest
Chief reporter, BBC North West TonightI'm in Croston where the people have been taking no chances overnight because of the three severe weather warnings in place.
People rallied together yesterday to try to protect homes and businesses - dozens of volunteers filled sandbags. And a Chinook helicopter dropped sandbags into gaps in the flood defences.
Travel: Rail disruption between Edinburgh and Carlislepublished at 07:06
BBC TravelThere's damage to the overhead electric wires between Curriehill and Kirknewton which is causing disruption to trains between Edinburgh and Carlisle. This is expected to continue until 15:00.
The information from National Rail is that the following services are affected:, external
No First TransPennine Express services will run between Carlisle and Edinburgh. Passengers may use CrossCountry, ScotRail, Virgin Trains and Virgin Trains East Coast services via any reasonable route.
Virgin Trains services between Edinburgh and London Euston will be diverted with journey times delayed by up to 40 minutes. Passengers may use ScotRail services between Edinburgh and Glasgow Central.
Amber warning of rain for the North Westpublished at 06:57
The Met Office has issued an amber warning of rain for the north-west of England, external which is valid until 15:00.
It says some large rainfall accumulations are likely across parts of Cumbria which will not be as great as early December, but says there may be some disruption.
There are four severe flood warnings in place at the moment for England, external - which indicates severe flooding and danger to life. Three of the them are for the River Yarrow at Croston, Lancashire.
A number of flood alerts - indicating flooding is possible - are in place across Cumbria.
Travel: A5091 closed because of a fallen treepublished at 06:49
BBC TravelThe A5091 is closed in both directions between the A66 junction in Troutbeck and the A592 junction in Dockray because of a fallen tree.