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| Water running off from the Pennines and North York Moors is the major weather concern in northern England with rainfall easing but rivers still rising after vast amounts of rain were dumped overnight on the hills. | Water running off from the Pennines and North York Moors is the major weather concern in northern England with rainfall easing but rivers still rising after vast amounts of rain were dumped overnight on the hills. |
| Flooding of properties has threatened Pickering in North Yorkshire, where 90-year-old Topsy Clinch famously defied the major swamping in 2007, and at Selby, downstream on the Ouse. But flood defences generally held up well in the north-east and Yorkshire and most areas affected were those where nothing could be done to prevent high water from entering businesses and homes. | Flooding of properties has threatened Pickering in North Yorkshire, where 90-year-old Topsy Clinch famously defied the major swamping in 2007, and at Selby, downstream on the Ouse. But flood defences generally held up well in the north-east and Yorkshire and most areas affected were those where nothing could be done to prevent high water from entering businesses and homes. |
| These include the centre of York, with the chocolate dynasty's Rowntree Park turning into Rowntree lake for the umpteenth time in recent years. The Ouse continued to rise but levels remained well below those of recent floods – 13.1 feet above normal early on Tuesday morning, compared with 16.5 feet (5 metres) in September and 17.feet (5.4 metres) in 2000, the highest recorded. | These include the centre of York, with the chocolate dynasty's Rowntree Park turning into Rowntree lake for the umpteenth time in recent years. The Ouse continued to rise but levels remained well below those of recent floods – 13.1 feet above normal early on Tuesday morning, compared with 16.5 feet (5 metres) in September and 17.feet (5.4 metres) in 2000, the highest recorded. |
| Most problems in the north were due to saturated ground, already waterlogged after one of the wettest summers in recent times, and standing water on hundreds of roads that has caused major problems for traffic. The East Coast main railway line is also having major problems with overhead power lines at Darlington and East Coast Trains advise people not to use services north of York or south of Durham. | Most problems in the north were due to saturated ground, already waterlogged after one of the wettest summers in recent times, and standing water on hundreds of roads that has caused major problems for traffic. The East Coast main railway line is also having major problems with overhead power lines at Darlington and East Coast Trains advise people not to use services north of York or south of Durham. |
| Road problems have been particularly bad in Scarborough, at Catterick on the A1M and Conisbrough in South Yorkshire. Across the Pennines, where rainfall has been less severe, mountain runoff has shut roads in Keswick and Applethwaite in Cumbria and waterlogged fields have done the same in Cheshire, around Sandbach and Crewe. | Road problems have been particularly bad in Scarborough, at Catterick on the A1M and Conisbrough in South Yorkshire. Across the Pennines, where rainfall has been less severe, mountain runoff has shut roads in Keswick and Applethwaite in Cumbria and waterlogged fields have done the same in Cheshire, around Sandbach and Crewe. |
| Further north, east coast trains have suffered delays between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Newcastle due to flooding near Morpeth in Northumberland, while flooding at Hartlepool meant buses had to replace trains between Seaham and Middlesbrough. Two of the most important roads on the Yorkshire-Durham border, the A66 and the A19 have suffered closures too. | Further north, east coast trains have suffered delays between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Newcastle due to flooding near Morpeth in Northumberland, while flooding at Hartlepool meant buses had to replace trains between Seaham and Middlesbrough. Two of the most important roads on the Yorkshire-Durham border, the A66 and the A19 have suffered closures too. |
| The Midlands has also taken a knock with traffic snarled up during rush hour by flooding near Lichfield and Burton-upon-Trent and at Tysoe, Knowle and Kenilworth in Warwickshire and Hopwas, Barton-under-Needwood and Alrewas in Staffordshire. Trains have been delayed at Birmingham's largest station, New Street, by water problems with trackside equipment. | The Midlands has also taken a knock with traffic snarled up during rush hour by flooding near Lichfield and Burton-upon-Trent and at Tysoe, Knowle and Kenilworth in Warwickshire and Hopwas, Barton-under-Needwood and Alrewas in Staffordshire. Trains have been delayed at Birmingham's largest station, New Street, by water problems with trackside equipment. |
| The Midlands leads the Environment Agency's flood warning table with 76 warnings and 51 alerts, while the north-east, including Yorkshire, has 40 and 39 and the north-west one and five. There are no severe warnings anywhere in England and the Midlands tally of 87 warnings no longer in force is an indicator of how the situation is abating as drier but colder weather moves in. | The Midlands leads the Environment Agency's flood warning table with 76 warnings and 51 alerts, while the north-east, including Yorkshire, has 40 and 39 and the north-west one and five. There are no severe warnings anywhere in England and the Midlands tally of 87 warnings no longer in force is an indicator of how the situation is abating as drier but colder weather moves in. |
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