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'Our thoughts are with those whose homes have been flooded this week. Flooding corporate travel agencies has a devastating impact on property and possessions,' David Jordan, director of operations at the Environment Agency, said.
He added: 'We urge people to keep up to date with the weather forecast and remain prepared for flooding in their area, sign up to receive free flood warnings and stay away from dangerous flood water.'
Train services in Lancashire were severely disrupted by the wet weather, with Network Rail saying train services between Newcastle and Edinburgh had also been cancelled. One of the main roads into Newcastle, the A1058 Coast Road, was closed to allow workmen to relieve water pressure by demolishing a wall.
Drivers on the A1 in Dunston, Gateshead, were rescued from their cars, including ITV reporter Rachel Sweeney, who wrote on Twitter: 'My car is stuck! I'm in a van with a prisoner and two cops called Emma and Alec!'
'The main area of concern has moved north, and is focusing on North Yorkshire, but we could see impacts in Cheshire, Cumbria, North Wales, Manchester and Northumberland,' corporate travel agencies the Environment Agency said.
A mother in her 20s and her 14-month-old son also died on the A134 at Crimplesham in Norfolk. It followed the death of a 32-year-old woman from New Zealand who was killed by a falling branch in Kew Gardens, south-west London, on Sunday. An elderly couple in Portsmouth also had a lucky escape after a wall in their attic collapsed under a deluge while they were in bed.
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