Lincolnshire is being affected Storm Babet

Heavy rain and strong winds are affecting Lincolnshire and Newark this afternoon. It's as Storm Babet is moving across the country.

The number of flood warnings has been rising throughout this afternoon - these places are currently under a flood warning:

• River Eau at Scotter

• Isolated properties and villages near to the River Ancholme

• Heighington Beck in Heighington

• Foston Beck

• Areas near the east and west fen catchwater and Maud foster drain

• Ruskington Beck

• River Bain and Haltham Beck

• River Waring upstream of Stanhope Road

These warnings are changing throughout the afternoon

Elsewhere the weathers is causing disruption in places including Ark Wildlife Park in Stickney near Boston

Jaimie Mintram is to co-owner of the he tells us how they've been impacted:

"The weather has been absolutely atrocious, I've never seen anything like it before. Just the sheer volume of rain coupled with the winds we had overnight.

"We've had to move animals, in an emergency - the first thing to say is all the animals are safe, well and dry".

On the trains LNER say there is major disruption between Grantham and Newark Northgate. It says there is heavy flooding meaning trains have to run at reduced speeds on the lines. Disruption is expected until 18:00

Northern say between Sheffield and Lincoln there is heavy flooding too.

Market Rasen and Middle Rasen have both been affected with reports of a few houses flooding -although it's thought the situation is now improving.