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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 have been hit by flash flooding in North Yorkshire. | Homes and businesses have been hit by flash flooding in North Yorkshire. |
| Witnesses reported roads around some towns in the Yorkshire Dales were impassable. | 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. | 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 "torrential rain" had caused water to come through the ceiling and left the town "cut-off". | Leonie Garrard, who runs a clothing and interiors shop in Leyburn, said "torrential rain" had 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. There's pubs with cellars overflowing, roads have been blocked. | "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." | "Silver Street was flash flooded and fire engines came to pump it out. The gardens are pretty devastated. It just looks absolutely drenched." |
| Danny Savage, North of England correspondent | |
| Travel conditions across the northern part of the Yorkshire Dales tonight are described by police as "shocking". | |
| The main road along Swaledale linking Richmond and villages including Reeth and Keld has been washed away near Grinton. | |
| Another road from Grinton over to Leyburn now has a gaping hole where for years there's been a bridge over a stream. | |
| A violent hail and rain storm further west caused a landslide to block the main settle to Carlisle railway line between Kirkby Stephen and Garsdale. No services are running on the line tonight. | |
| With it being peak tourist season in the Yorkshire Dales, the damage will cause disruption and potentially long detours for both visitors and residents living over a wide area. | |
| A farmer in the area, Andrew Loftus, said he had seen hailstones almost an inch (2.5cm) in diameter. | A farmer in the area, Andrew Loftus, said he had seen hailstones almost an inch (2.5cm) in diameter. |
| Gareth Walls, from Ripon, tweeted that they were "like pickled onions". | Gareth Walls, from Ripon, tweeted that they were "like pickled onions". |
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