https://proudstars.blogspot.com/2015/12/britain-turns-into-waterworld-hundreds.html
Britain turns into Waterworld: Hundreds more residents are evacuated from their homes as the Army are deployed and 26 danger to life warnings are put in place - and there's more rain on the way
- The pub that washed away: 200-year-old building is reduced to rubble by raging waters as the worst floods in decades wreak havoc across Britain
- Inches from death: Shocking video shows rescuers plucking driver from his car as it fills up with water as floods close in
- Group of Boxing Day shoppers have to be rescued from a faulty lift after getting stuck for more than half an hour
A month of rainfall hit some regions in a single day, prompting already swollen rivers to burst their banks and flood into towns and cities. Mytholmroyd in West Yorkshire (main) was among the worst hit, where up to 6ft of water was seen in the streets. Flooding has hit towns in the north throughout December but for the first time, populated city areas have been affected, such as Leeds and Manchester (top left). In Croston, Lancashire, people could be seen wading through the water in lifejackets as a care home was evacuated.
