Nine flood warnings remain in place in South Yorkshire, according to the Environment Agency.
Flood warnings remain in place in South Yorkshire following Storm Babet with the Environment Agency forecasting the risk could continue into Wednesday.
Two warnings remain in force for the River Rother at Catcliffe and Treeton, where 250 homes were evacuated on Saturday.The EA said river levels were falling, but would react to further rainfall. "Further flooding is possible from rivers and surface water on Tuesday and Wednesday for parts of England due to further heavy rain," the agency said.Friday's storm saw some parts of Yorkshire receive double the average monthly rainfall in a 24 to 36-hour period.at what they said was a lack of support.Image caption,Mike Dugher, Yorkshire area director for the EA, said they had seen upper catchments of the rivers "drain very, very quickly" following the storm.
He said the agency would be visiting those areas affected by flooding to "try and understand the mechanisms that caused the flooding"."To plan any work, we need to put in place to inspect and to repair those defences which may have been damaged in the flood."
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