Flood warnings across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
It's as amber and yellow weather alerts are in place for heavy rain
Last updated 20th Jan 2021
Parts of the UK could see two months' worth of average rainfall in just two-and-a-half days as Storm Christoph moves in.
Weather warnings for heavy rain are in force across the country, and the unsettled conditions could also bring significant flooding, high winds and snowfall as the storm engulfs the country through the middle of the week.
Boris Johnson is chairing an emergency COBRA meeting this afternoon to discuss the Government's response.
It's come less than 12 months after parts of East Yorkshire were hit by heavy flooding in March 2020.
River levels are getting high close to Snaith
East Riding Council is warning people in the area to prepare for possible flooding, with "preparations" underway to manage to risk.
Councillor Chris Matthews says: "The council has staff and resources, including sandbags and pumping equipment, on standby and ready to deploy anywhere across the East Riding."
The Met Office's most serious weather warning - amber for rain - has been in place across parts of the Midlands and northern England since Tuesday morning, while a less serious yellow warning is in place across the rest of England, parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Simon Partridge, a Met Office forecaster, said:
"It's not a traditional sort of storm, it's going to be windy but it's not based on the wind strength at all, it's really down to the disruption that's being caused by rain.
"There are already parts of Cumbria that have already seen over 80mm of rain since midnight on Tuesday and there's a large number of places that have seen 50mm, and we are going to see further rain over the next 24 to 36 hours.''
"Those areas that have seen between 50mm and 70mm already, the warning is out until midday on Thursday, so an extremely long period, but by then we could see up to 150mm to possibly 200mm of rainfall."
Keep up to date with flood warnings and alerts here.
Public Health England's issued a cold weather alert from "first thing'' on Thursday (20th Jan) until 9am on January 25th for the North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber.
The agency said the risk of flooding will amplify the public health risks of the severe cold weather.