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Bradley Jolly

UK weather: Bridges collapse and roads wrecked as more fierce downpours on the way

Torrents of water gush along a road and plunge down a ditch after severe flooding.

Footage captures the wreckage of the rural road after downpours lashed most of the country yesterday.

But a further 1.6 inches of rain is expected and at least 10 flood warnings for "immediate action" have been issued across the Midlands and parts of the north.

Met Office says "heavy rain and thunderstorms could bring a chance of flooding and travel disruption" across from parts of Norfolk in the southeast to Carlisle in the northwest.

A separate yellow weather warning says thunderstorms today will cause flooding in parts of Scotland - from the Dumfries area in the south to parts of the Caingorms in the north.

Almost one month's rain fell in four hours in rural North Yorkshire yesterday.

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A collapsed bridge has left a huge gap in a road (SWALEDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM)
A road became eroded after downpours battered the UK (Grinton North Yorkshire Police)

Hailstones the size of sweets fell in some areas.

The clip of the ruined road was captured near Grinton in the county.

The bridge that has been severely damaged over Cogden Gill, in Grinton Moor, was a popular viewing spot when riders of the opening stage of the Tour de France crossed it in July 2014.

It is also on the route of the Men's Elite Road Race for prestigious UCI World Championships, coming to Yorkshire in September.

Yorkshire 2019 CEO Andy Hindley said: "At the current time, our thoughts are with those affected by the flooding. We will address any damage to race routes with North Yorkshire County Council in due course."

Other roads resembled rivers, cars became stranded and fields were under water.

Some roads remain shut and rail passengers faced disruption in the region this morning.

Water gushes down a ravine in rural Yorkshire (Grinton North Yorkshire Police)

Leonie Garrard, who runs a clothing and interiors shop in Leyburn, said torrential rain caused water to come through the ceiling and left the town "cut off".

"I have never seen [anything like] this in my whole life. It has been horrendous," she told BBC News.

Josie Beszant, who owns an art gallery in the town of Masham, said: "It was a very sudden and extremely heavy thunderstorm.

Huge hailstones descend on Ripon, North Yorkshire
Further flooding is feared in the north of England and parts of Scotland (Grinton North Yorkshire Police)

"Silver Street was flash flooded and fire engines came to pump it out. The gardens are pretty devastated. It just looks absolutely drenched."

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said it received around 115 calls to flooding incidents in Leyburn and Reeth on Tuesday evening.

A spokesman said: "We had several appliances as well as our swift water rescue teams and high volume pumping appliance within the area attending various incidents involving flooded properties and cars stuck in flood water."

Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team said: "Please note heavy flooding on all roads in the Swaledale area only travel if essential as many routes impassable.

The A555, a major route to Manchester Airport, became flooded (Dave Taylor/MEN Media)
Cars are trapped in flood water after downpours (Getty Images)

"Although water levels are slowly easing some bridges are out and lots of debris on the roads."

The Brymor Ice Cream parlour, near Masham, was caught in a freak hail storm which left some customers with minor injuries.

The attraction posted on Facebook: "Earlier today along with other areas of the region the farm here at Brymor was severely affected by the storms and flash floods.

The Met Office has warned of more lightning strikes and risk of flooding across the UK (Kevin Klein /SWNS.COM)

"Our parlour suffered damage to the roof, power failures and some visitors suffered minor injuries.

"Our team of staff acted as quickly and professionally as possible to ensure all our visitors were made safe.

"We hope everyone made it home safely and we are sorry the extreme weather caused distress to visitors in the local area today."

The monthly average in the area for this time of year is 3.5in (89mm).

Full list of waterways subject to flood warnings

Areas Closest to Sankey Brook at Dallam, Cheshire

Arkle Beck at Reeth and Low Fremington, North Yorkshire

Borsdane and Hockery Brook at Hindley, Greater Manchester

Foston Brook at Foston, Derbyshire

Marchington Brook at Marchington, Staffordshire

Poynton Brook at Wigwam wood and parts of Armcon Business Park, Greater Manchester

River Anker at Weddington, Warwickshire

River Cole at Coleshill, Warwickshire

River Sence from Temple Mill to Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire

River Wye at Litton Mill, Derbyshire

 
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