PICTURES: How Storm Christoph has hit the UK
See some of the photos of the impact the bad weather has had across the country
Last updated 21st Jan 2021
Storm Christoph has battered the UK this week, bringing heavy rain and flooding across the country.
Some areas have been hit badly by the floods, including Didsbury in Manchester where Boris Johnson flew earlier today to see the impact the extreme weather was having.
Some areas of Wales, Yorkshire, the North East and Derbyshire have also been hit by rising water levels.
Here are some of the pictures that show the impact Storm Christoph has had across the UK:
Flooding in Didsbury
River Aire's water levels were high at Baildon Bridge in Shipley
A sinkhole in Gorton pulled off the front of two houses and swallowed a car
Flooded fields at Bradford and Bingley RFC
A flooded golf course in Withington, Manchester
High water levels at the River Mersey in South Manchester
This was a house in Chorley
Water was knee deep on the outskirts of Limm, Cheshire
A car stranded in Crossley Road, Manchester
Parrs Wood High School playing fields were flooded in Didsbury
The River Aire burst its banks in Saltaire
River Severn in Worcester
Swans in the flood water in Worcester, where the River Severn continues to rise after persistent heavy rain during Storm Christoph.
Angel of the North
Dog walkers admire the 20 metre tall Angel of the North sculpture, in Gateshead after low temperatures turned rain into snow
Snow at Edinburgh Castle
Similar story for Scotland as the rain turned to snow - Sarah Wolffe skis through the snow across the Esplanade at Edinburgh Castle
Boris Johnson arrives in Didsbury to see the impact of the flooding
Boris Johnson visits Didsbury
The Prime Minister took the opportunity to recognise the work of the Environment Agency, whose “amazing preparations” had protected up to 10,000 homes in the Manchester area.
However, he also warned that people should “never underestimate the suffering, the misery, that floods can cause people."
His visit comes after Labour leader Keir Starmer called for communities at risk of flooding not to be "let down again" by the Government.
Elsewhere, emergency services diverted flooding from a Covid-19 vaccine factory in Wales, allowing business to continue as normal.
However, residents in Bangor in Dee in Wales were evacuated to a local school overnight as police declared a major incident due to the floods.
Over 40 flood warnings remain in place in parts of North Yorkshire, with water levels expected to peak in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
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