A number of flood alerts and flood warnings are in place as Storm Christoph hits regions across England.
Some river levels have risen rapidly amid torrential rain, with weather warnings in place until Thursday as unsettled conditions continue.
The Met Office’s most serious weather warning – amber for rain – has been in place across parts of the Midlands and northern England since Tuesday morning, while a less serious yellow warning for rain is in place across the rest of England.
Forecasters have warned homes and businesses are likely to flood, with fast flowing or deep floodwater likely, causing danger to life.
A major incident has been declared in both Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire ahead of the expected heavy rainfall.
Simon Partridge, a Met Office forecaster, explained: “It’s not a traditional sort of storm, it’s going to be windy but it’s not based on the wind strength at all, it’s really down to the disruption that’s being caused by rain.
“There are already parts of Cumbria that have already seen over 80mm of rain since midnight on Tuesday and there’s a large number of places that have seen 50mm, and we are going to see further rain over the next 24 to 36 hours.”
Mr Partridge said the storm meant that some areas could see double the average amount of monthly rainfall over a few days.
He said: “Those areas that have seen between 50mm and 70mm already, the warning is out until midday on Thursday, so an extremely long period, but by then we could see up to 150mm to possibly 200mm of rainfall.
“The Midlands for example, their average rainfall total for the whole month is 73mm, so they could easily get double that in the course of two, two and a half days.”
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Here, we have the latest flood warnings and flood alerts in place, as of 11am on Wednesday, January 20.
Flood warnings (52)
Flooding is expected - immediate action required
Areas closest to Sankey Brook at Dallam
B1040 Thorney to Whittlesey Road to the South of the River Nene
Collingham Beck at Collingham
Fouracres and The Crescent at Maghull
Keswick Campsite
Low lying properties in the Upper Hull catchment
North Bank Road alongside the River Nene, east of Peterborough and west of Dog-in-a-Doublet Sluice
River Aire at Allerton Ings, Barnsdale Road and Properties
River Aire at West Haddlesey, Chapel Haddlesey and East Haddlesey
River Blithe from Blithfield Reservoir to Bancroft
River Bollin and Agden Brook at Little Bollington
River Calder at Horbury - The Strands
River Derwent at Buttercrambe Mill
River Derwent at Darley Dale
River Derwent at Old Malton
River Eden at Carlisle, Rickerby Park, Swifts and Stoneyholme Golf Courses
River Esk from Briggswath to Ruswarp
River Glen at Greatford and Kates Bridge
River Goyt at Whaley Bridge
River Mersey at Cheadle Wood and Ford lane
River Nidd at Hunsingore
River Nidd at Knaresborough Caravan Parks and Goldsborough Mill Farm
River Nidd at Low Laithe
River Ouse at Naburn Lock
River Ouse at York - riverside properties
River Ouse at York - St George's Field and Queen's Staith
River Ribble at Samlesbury, around Brockholes Reserve and Lower Brockholes Quarry
River Ribble at Walton-le-Dale, area from Fishwick Bottoms to Railway Bridge
River Roch at Littleborough
River Roch in Rochdale
River Seven at Marton
River Seven at Normanby
River Soar at caravan parks near Barrow upon Soar
River Soar at Zouch Island
River Swale at Howe village and by Skipton Bridge
River Ure at Roecliffe Caravan Park
River Vyrnwy at Maesbrook
River Vyrnwy at Melverley
River Weaver at Acton Bridge and Weaverham
River Weaver at Northwich Marina
River Weaver at Shrewbridge Lodge
River Witham and associated Fens from Chapel Hill to Boston
River Witham and associated Fens from Washingborough to Metheringham
River Witham and associated Fens from Woodhall Spa to Chapel Hill
River Wreake at Frisby-on-the-Wreake
River Wreake for mills at Hoby, Thrussington and Ratcliffe
River Wye at Ashford in the Water, Church Street area
River Wye at Litton Mill
River Wye at Wye Bank and Milford at Bakewell
Sankey Brook at Gemini
Walsden Water at Walsden
Weaver Navigation at Winsford
Flood alerts (176)
Flooding is possible - be prepared
B1041 between Little Paxton and St Neots in Cambridgeshire
Barnstaple, Braunton, Ilfracombe and Combe Martin Area
Blackburn Brook
Bottle Brook in Derbyshire
Burstwick and Keyingham Drains
Burton Trent
Earby Beck and Glusburn Beck
Earith Causeway in Cambridgeshire
East and West Glens
Exmoor Rivers
Groundwater flooding in the Candovers and Old Alresford
Hundred Foot Washes in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk
Little Ouse River and River Thet in Suffolk and Norfolk
Loughborough Urban Watercourses
Lower Avon and tributaries
Lower Derwent in Derbyshire
Lower Dove Brooks and Egginton Brook in Derbyshire
Lower Dove Brooks in Staffordshire
Lower Glen and Bourne Eau System
Lower Nene
Lower River Aire catchment
Lower River Calder catchment
Lower River Cam in Cambridgeshire
Lower River Coquet
Lower River Derwent
Lower River Don catchment
Lower River Douglas
Lower River Eden
Lower River Great Ouse in Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough and Cambridgeshire
Lower River Irwell catchment including areas in Greater Manchester
Lower River Lune and Conder
Lower River Nidd catchment
Lower River Ribble and Darwen
Lower River Soar in Leicestershire
Lower River Swale
Lower River Tees and estuarine tributaries
Lower River Ure
Lower River Wear
Lower River Wharfe
Lower River Witham
Lower River Wyre
Middle Exe Area
Middle Nene
Middle River Aire catchment
Middle River Don
Middle River Great Ouse in Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire
Middle River Mersey catchment including areas near Bramhall, Stockport, Sale, Altrincham and Urmston
Middle River Nidd catchment
Minor Watercourses from Heighington to Dunston
North West Norfolk Rivers
River Alt, Formby to Huyton
River Amber in Derbyshire
River Anker and River Sence
River Arrow in Herefordshire
River Blackwater
River Blithe and River Swarbourn
River Bollin catchment, including Knutsford, Wilmslow, Macclesfield and Bollington
River Calder in east Lancashire
River Cherwell from Lower Heyford down to and including Oxford
River Churnet and River Tean
River Coln and its tributaries
River Colne, Holme and Fenay Beck
River Crimple catchment
River Dane catchment including Kidsgrove, Sandbach, Congleton, Middlewich and Northeast Crewe
River Dart Area
River Dearne catchment
River Dee catchment in England from Whitchurch to Chester
River Devon and Smite in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire
River Dikler from Condicote to Little Rissington
River Ditton catchment including areas around Huyton-with-Roby and Widnes
River Dove catchment
River Ecclesbourne in Derbyshire
River Erewash in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
River Esk catchment
River Foulness and Market Weighton catchment
River Frome in Herefordshire
River Glaze catchment including Leigh and East Wigan
River Granta in Essex and Cambridgeshire
River Idle in Nottinghamshire
River Leadon Catchment
River Leam and River Itchen
River Leen and Day Brook in Nottinghamshire
River Lostock and River Yarrow
River Lugg south of Leominster
River Maun in Nottinghamshire
River Meden in Nottinghamshire
River Mersey Uplands catchment including Hyde, Ashton-under-Lyne, Denton, Stalybridge and Glossop
River Nar in Norfolk
River Ray and its tributaries from Shipton Lee to and including Islip
River Rede
River Rhee in Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire
River Riccal catchment
River Rye catchment
River Sankey catchment with St Helens and Warrington
Rivers Brathay, Rothay and Winster
Rivers Caldew and Petteril
Rivers Cocker, Marron and Derwent
River Sence in Leicestershire
Rivers Esk and Irthing
River Seven catchment
River Severn in Shropshire
River Sheaf and Porter Brook
Rivers in the Forest of Dean
River Skerne
River Sow and River Penk
River Spen and Batley Beck catchments
Rivers Pont and Blyth
Rivers Wampool and Ellen
River Teign area
River Thame and Chalgrove Brook
River Trent from Cromwell Weir to Gainsborough
River Trent in Derbyshire
River Trent in Nottinghamshire
River Trent Tributaries in Nottinghamshire
River Went catchment
River Windrush from Bourton to Newbridge
River Wiske and tributaries
River Wissey in Norfolk
River Worth catchment
River Wreake in Leicestershire
River Wye in Derbyshire
River Wye in Gloucestershire
River Wye in Herefordshire
Rothley Brook in Leicestershire
Ryton Oldcotes catchment
Severn Vyrnwy confluence
South Forty Foot Drain
Stoke Trent
Sutton Gault Causeway in Cambridgeshire
The River Bure, Spixworth Beck and surrounding Becks
The River Burn from Southgate and Waterden to Burnham Thorpe
The River Stiffkey from Fulmodeston to Warham
The Rivers Tud and Wensum from Fakenham to Costessey, including Wendling Beck
The River Waveney from Diss and the River Dove to Ellingham, including Bungay
The tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne
The tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon Water
The tidal River Yare from Thorpe St Andrew to Breydon Water
The upper Rivers Yare, Tiffey, Tas and Wacton
Tidal River Aire catchment
Tidal River Ouse from Naburn Lock to Selby
Tidal River Ouse from Selby to Faxfleet
Tidal River Wharfe
Tributaries of the lower River Witham from Blankney to Sleaford
Upper Bristol Avon Area
Upper Derwent in Derbyshire
Upper River Aire
Upper River Calder catchment
Upper River Cam in Essex and Cambridgeshire
Upper River Coquet
Upper River Derwent
Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water
Upper River Don catchment
Upper River Douglas
Upper River Eden
Upper River Great Ouse in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Upper River Hull catchment
Upper River Irwell catchment with Oldham, Bolton, Rochdale, Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall
Upper River Nidd catchment
Upper River Ouse
Upper River Ribble, Hodder
Upper River Stour
Upper River Swale
Upper River Tamar
Upper River Tees
Upper River Ure
Upper River Wharfe
Upper River Wyre, Brock
Upper Soar catchment
Upper Teme
Weaver catchment including Nantwich, Frodsham, Crewe, Winsford and Northwich
Welney Causeway in Norfolk
Western Rother
Wirral catchment with Heswall, Ellesmere Port, Bebington, Hoylake and Wallasey
Witham in North Kesteven
Witham in South Kesteven
Wyke Beck, Meanwood Beck and Wortley Beck catchments
