Severe flooding sparks major incident - as fresh weather warning issued for swathes of England
Swathes of central, north-west and north-east England were covered by multiple flood warnings issued by the Environment Agency.
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An all-day yellow warning of heavy rain and thunderstorms was issued by the Met Office for England northwards from Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln.
A similar warning has been issued by the Met Office for Thursday - covering the East Midlands, Derbyshire, the North West, Cheshire East, Greater Manchester, West Midlands and Staffordshire.
Showers will develop by the afternoon and are likely to become heavy and slow moving in parts, with the chance of thunder.
In northern England, some parts could see 15 to 20mm of rain in an hour and 30-40mm within two to three hours.
Whaley Bridge dam collapse: Town evacuated over Toddbrook Reservoir fears
A town is being evacuated because parts of the wall of a nearby reservoir have collapsed in floods.
The Toddbrook Reservoir dam, above Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, was damaged following heavy rains.
Police have told the town's 6,500 residents to gather at a local school and they will be evacuated from there.
A severe flood warning, which means there is a threat to life, has been issued for the River Goyt, below the reservoir.
The Canal and River Trust, which manages the dam, has engineers assessing the damage - but pictures shared on social media show the collapsed part of the wall was growing.
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The Dam Wall at Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge this morning, looks like Barnes Wallis and @OC617Sqn has had a pop at it. @BBCNews
Never known it this bad before, been like this for nearly a week now.