PICTURES: How Storm Christoph has hit the UK

See some of the photos of the impact the bad weather has had across the country

Author: Sophie ParsonsPublished 21st Jan 2021
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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