North Yorkshire flood warnings issued as Storm Jocelyn hits

River levels in York were extremely high on Wednesday morning

Storm Jocelyn brought strong winds and heavy rain to parts of Yorkshire, with 1,600 homes left without power.

North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service rescued three drivers who had driven into floodwater near the village of Morton-on-Swale earlier.

Seven flood warnings remain in place for the county.

Elsewhere, Woodhead Pass in South Yorkshire was closed to high-sided vehicles due to strong winds for much of the day.

A Northern Powergrid spokesperson said the company was working to restore power to 1,600 homes in North, West and South Yorkshire by Wednesday evening.

The flood warnings for North Yorkshire apply to areas near the River Ouse in York, and at Naburn Lock, and the River Ure at Boroughbridge.

The Environment Agency (EA) has also issued nine flood alerts, which are deemed less serious than warnings, for the county.

Trees were also left felled by Storm Jocelyn

Tadcaster Bridge was closed both ways through the North Yorkshire town on Wednesday morning because of rising river levels.

In York, The Shambles was shut after tiles fell off the roof of one building.

The latest disruption came after Storm Isha caused damage and left standing water across parts of North Yorkshire earlier in the week.

Pictures taken by the BBC early on Wednesday morning showed flood water in several parts of York, where river levels were extremely high.

King's Staith, which runs alongside the river in the city, was one of the worst affected areas.

One York resident told BBC Look North the street had been flooded "four times in the last three months".

"There's no end to it and there's no flood defence. It's a flood plain in my mind," he added.

A road in the village of Hubberholme was closed on Wednesday due to the storm

Alex Ellwood, assistant manager at a wine bar on neighbouring Cumberland Street, said he feared for the business.

"If people assume we're flooded and don't come down here, we're going to struggle to trade because we're independent.

"Getting pumps up and pumps down again is a lot of labour and it feels like it's never-ending at this time."

Roads around the Yorkshire Dales were affected by flooding during Storm Isha and Storm Jocelyn

In Kettlewell, in the Yorkshire Dales, BBC Radio York's Julia Lewis said on Wednesday morning: "As the road dropped down here in Kettlewell, there was water gushing down both sides of the road.

"It was really quite treacherous. You had to go very, very steady, because you couldn't see in the dark where the water was."

Water levels in Kettlewell were running high on Wednesday morning

Gill Harrison, who runs Wensleydale Ice Cream Parlour, near Leyburn, said the wind overnight had been "astonishing".

She told BBC Radio York: "The rain stopped about 7 o'clock or 8 o'clock, but the wind picked up.

"We've had this battering and there's been no let-up with the wind. It's the speed of it as much as the volume."

Flooded roads in Bainbridge after the latest storm

In South Yorkshire, BBC Radio Sheffield reporter Simon Thake said the county seemed to have escaped the worst of Storm Jocelyn.

Pictures showed a tree in Jordanthorpe, Sheffield, had snapped due to the strong winds overnight.

In Jordanthorpe, a willow tree snapped in the gusts overnight

Analysis: Katerina Christodoulou, BBC Yorkshire weather presenter

Storm Isha blew in on Sunday, which brought some rain and widespread severe gales through the night.

Just a few days after came Storm Jocelyn, which was not expected to be as impactful as Storm Isha, but still, wind gusts reached 68mph (109km/h) in Emley Moor and 67mph (108km/h) in Loftus.

We had heavy rain throughout the day on Tuesday, particularly across the Dales, where a yellow rain warning had been issued by the Met Office, adding to rising river levels.

In the last 24 hours, the highest rainfall totals were recorded across the Dales at Snaizeholme with 2.4in (61.8mm), comparing to 0.3in (7mm) which was recorded there in the previous 24 hours, and the previous day was another wet one with 2.7in (69.2mm) of rain.

More rain is expected, particularly overnight on Thursday, but Friday will turn largely dry with plenty of sunshine.