Storms and floods across the UK - in pictures

A 4x4 vehicle manages to keep above water in Ruishton, Somerset, after the River Tone burst its banks Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

A car is retrieved from floodwaters in Hathern, Leicestershire Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

An angler takes advantage of the rising floodwaters from the River Ouse in York Photograph: John Giles/PA

A woman looks through the window of a flooded cottage in Ruishton, Somerset Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

A villager comes to the end of the footpath in Ruishton, Somerset Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

An emergency services worker sets up a cordon in front of houses in Malmesbury Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Floodwaters in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

People use canoes to traverse floodwater in Malmesbury Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

People wade through floodwater in Malmesbury Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

The flooded Port Meadow near Wolvercote, Oxfordshire where the Thames burst its banks Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Diana Mallows, 90, is rescued by the Devon and Somerset fire and rescue service after being stranded due to flooding at her home for four days, at North Curry, near Taunton Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

The flooded Somerset Levels, as heavy rain continues to fall on already drenched fields and swollen rivers in the area Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

People walk along the Hoe, Plymouth, in heavy rain and high winds Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

Flooded fields near Hanborough in Oxfordshire Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Flooding in Newlyn, Cornwall, as the river Coombe burst its banks Photograph: Tom Pullen/Rex Features

A man speaks with a passing woman as he stands in floodwaters in Tewkesbury Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

A vehicle manages to drive across the flooded Somerset Levels Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA