People have been seen trying to steal the pumps which are being used to move water away from flooded homes in South Yorkshire, the Environment Agency (EA) has said.

In a video this morning, Martin Christmas, from the EA, says the issue "popped up last night".

"Unfortunately, we've started to see some criminal activity trying to steal our pumps and steal our pallet barriers," he said.

"So, a plea to anyone out there in the area who sees anyone suspicious, please get in touch with police.

"We don't want this to hamper our recovery effort in the Doncaster area."

A farmer whose South Yorkshire farm has been inundated by floodwater says it's "soul destroying" to see all the damage.

Greg Mawson has seen the floodwater run out of Fishlake and into Bay Villa Farm, with thousands of tonnes of straw being lost.

"When you see all your hard work just being completely ruined within a week, it's soul destroying," he said.

"You spend so much time and effort making everything as good as you can make it, and something like this just destroys it.

"We will have lost thousands of tonnes of straw because of this flooding.

"In the yard we have anywhere from one to two feet of water. The further down the yard you go it can be up to nine feet deep."

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This morning will see early patches of rain gradually clear away.

Bright or sunny spells this afternoon but still with the chance of a shower and breezy.

Highs of 9C (48F).

A number of flood warnings are still in effect this morning, the Environment Agency says.

Image source, Environment Agency

These include a dozen or so along the River Don in Rotherham and Doncaster.

Meanwhile, in East Yorkshire there's a warning in the North Cave Beck area following last night's heavy downpour, with high tides and high water levels on the Humber causing concern.

A warning has also been issued at Holderness Drain at Wawne Common and Woody Carr.

A full and constantly changing list of all flood warnings and alerts can be found on the Environment Agency's website here, external.

With the rain falling on South Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire last night, there was some surface water flooding.

Image source, PA Media

Roads remain closed as a result, but thankfully it wasn't as bad as last week despite the yellow rain warning being issued by the Met Office.

Some homes remain flooded along the River Don.

River levels did rise, but far below last week's record-breaking peak of 6.31m.

We've seen roads flooded in East Yorkshire, including the A63, but that has since been cleared and reopened.

A number of flood warnings remain in place for the region and they can be seen here, external.

Latest data from the Environment Agency shows the River Don is yet to peak - but it will be well below the highest level it hit last Friday.

Image source, Environment Agency

It's expected to top out at about 3.87m in the next couple of hours. Last week it recorded 6.31m - the highest level seen since the floods in 2007.

A flood warning remains in place for many areas along the river, telling people living nearby to take action.

The railway line between Sheffield and Worksop will be closed until the end of the day because of heavy rain causing flooding near Kiveton Park.

It's also expected to remain closed tomorrow with no replacement road transport being put on by train operator Northern. It says it tried to source transport, but couldn't.

Image source, Alan Epton

Rotherham station (above) has reopened after it was closed because of flood damage to the track.

Affected routes this morning include:

• Sheffield - Gainsborough/Lincoln, no service on Friday, customers advised not to travel
• Sheffield - Scarborough/Bridlington, services will terminate/start from Hull
• Doncaster - Hull, services will terminate/start at Goole, road transport is being arranged between Doncaster and Goole.
• Sheffield - Hull/Beverley, services will terminate/start at Doncaster
• Doncaster - Scunthorpe, services will run via Skellow and will not call at Kirk Sandall
• Doncaster - Sheffield, services will run as normal
• Rotherham Central has opened as planned with services resuming from first thing this morning (Friday)

Following a night of heavy rain landing on already-wet ground, a number of roads have been closed or remain closed.

Image source, PA Media

Doncaster Council says the closed roads are:

• Pastures Roads - Mexborough (Between Pastures Lodge and Melton Road)
• A631 Gainsborough Road - Bawtry
• Fordstead Lane - Arksey
• Thorpe Bank - Barnby Dun
• Ferry Boat Lane - Old Denaby
• Trundle Lane - Fishlake
• Pinfold Lane - Fishlake
• Dirty Lane - Fishlake
• Eastfield Road - Fishlake
• Far Bank Lane - Fishlake
• Nab Lane - Fishlake
• Plumtree Hill Road - Fishlake
• Fishlake Nab - Fishlake
• Millfield Road - Fishlake
• Hushells Lane - Fosterhouses
• Westfield Road - Fishlake
• Ings Road - Bentley
• Hunt Lane - Bentley
• Yarborough Terrace - Bentley
• Cromwell Rd - Bentley
• Conyers Rd - Bentley
• Frank Road - Bentley
• Marsh Road - Bentley
• Wrightson Terrace - Bentley
• A60 Wadworth / Tickhill
• Bridge Hill (Water Lane) River Bridge- Stainforth

As heavy rain caused localised flooding in Hull and East Yorkshire, Humberside Fire and Rescue responded with pumping equipment to this house in Beverley.

Sheffield's flood defences pushed heavy rainfall further downstream leading to flooding in the Doncaster area instead, a university lecturer has claimed.

Since Thursday, hundreds of homes in Doncaster have suffered severe flooding while defences upstream in Sheffield (above) have been praised for protecting properties

John Grant, from Sheffield Hallam University, said the effectiveness of Sheffield's defences meant the flooding was just pushed further downstream.

"I suppose if you have limited resources, you have to try and save the most people", he said.

He went on to add that "400 houses in Doncaster versus the tens of thousands of homes in Sheffield and billions of pounds of damage" meant he could see why that decision might be made.

Mike Dugher from the Environment Agency, however, said while water has to go somewhere, he doesn't believe Doncaster was allowed to flood to save Sheffield.

"The water that spread out into Sheffield before Sheffield had defences still found its way down the roads, down the streets back into the river system and then flowed out further down", he said.

"That water wasn't taken out of the river system and held in storage somewhere."

He went added that the EA would look how the defences worked along the whole of the river network.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council say they have sent pumps and staff to areas affected by localised flooding. They are updating their website with road closures as they happen.

Weather warnings for rain are in place for a number of areas already badly affected by flooding.

You can see the picture in South Cave.

The standing water means some roads are very difficult to use.

Image source, Andy Hayton

Image source, Andy Hayton

The former Labour MP who ousted Nick Clegg in Sheffield Hallam in 2017 will not defend seat.

Some Hull roads "impassable" due to floodwater, police have said.

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As well as lots of standing water and rising levels around East Yorkshire, the rain is also affecting manholes.

Here's a shot in South Cave of water flowing up onto the street from below one.

More reports of heavy rain causing road closures around Hull and East Yorkshire, Humberside Police are tweeting closures as they happen and advising motorists to take extra care and allow more time to complete their journeys.