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'Intense downpours' lead to flash flooding in Yorkshire Dales | 'Intense downpours' lead to flash flooding in Yorkshire Dales |
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Homes and businesses in North Yorkshire have been hit by flash flooding. | |
Witnesses reported roads around some towns in the Yorkshire Dales were impassable. | |
Due to "intense downpours" a flood warning is in place for Arkle Beck at Reeth and Low Fremington, the Environment Agency said. | Due to "intense downpours" a flood warning is in place for Arkle Beck at Reeth and Low Fremington, the Environment Agency said. |
It added that river levels were expected to "rise significantly overnight" and it was "monitoring the situation closely". | It added that river levels were expected to "rise significantly overnight" and it was "monitoring the situation closely". |
The Met Office said the downpours had resulted in 50mm of rain falling in about an hour across parts of northern England. | The Met Office said the downpours had resulted in 50mm of rain falling in about an hour across parts of northern England. |
Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team posted a picture of a collapsed bridge in Grinton on Facebook, urging motorists to "only travel if essential as many routes impassable" due to flooding. | |
Leonie Garrard, who runs a clothing and interiors shop in Leyburn, said the "torrential rain" had caused water to come through the ceiling and had left the town "cut-off". | |
"I have never seen [anything like] this in my whole life. It has been horrendous. There's pubs with cellars overflowing, roads have been blocked. | |
"There is more or less no way out of Leyburn at the moment." | "There is more or less no way out of Leyburn at the moment." |
Josie Beszant, who owns an art gallery in the town of Masham, said: "It was a very sudden and extremely heavy thunderstorm. | Josie Beszant, who owns an art gallery in the town of Masham, said: "It was a very sudden and extremely heavy thunderstorm. |
"Silver Street was flash flooded and fire engines came to pump it out. The gardens are pretty devastated. It just looks absolutely drenched." | |
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