More rain to come as UK left reeling

BRITAIN was left floundering in the aftermath of Storm Christoph yesterday, with widespread flooding across the country and more heavy rain expected next week.

- Benjamin Russell

Rivers burst their banks as some places were battered by a month’s worth of rain in just 48 hours, causing hundreds of homes to be evacuated and leaving businesses devastated.

Yet Chris Tubbs, deputy chief forecaster at the Met Office, said wet weather is still likely to return from the middle of next week.

York was left half-submerged after water from the River Ouse was sent teeming through the city center.

There were similar scenes in Northwich in Cheshire.

Those living along parts of the Severn saw water levels close to last February’s washout.