Train disruption
The rain caused widespread disruption to rail services in some parts of England on Friday morning.
This bus was held up by floods in Crane Moor, north of Sheffield
Network Rail reported several disruptions in the Yorkshire region, with problems in areas including Bradford, Skipton and Barnsley.
Services in the Birmingham area were also severely disrupted.
The lines from the city to both Wolverhampton and Rugby have been closed and services from Shropshire have been stopping in Wolverhampton.
Delays and short notice cancellations are affecting services on Virgin CrossCounty routes, while services between Birmingham New Street and Newcastle have been suspended due to flooding in Mexborough, south Yorkshire.
Jim Rowe, a spokesman for Virgin Trains, says services have been disrupted because of the levels of rainfall.
''It's just the sheer force and amount of rain that the West Midlands, in particular, has experienced overnight that has caused these problems.
"When you have the rain to the degree that we had overnight - and it just literally torrents down - there's not going to be a lot you can do.
"And once it gets above rail level then we have to consider the safety aspects obviously.''
Central Trains said all services between Birmingham and the East Midlands had been suspended due to severe flooding, and that services linking Birmingham with Walsall and south Staffordshire were also suspended.
Tame Bridge train station in the West Midlands was badly flooded
Meanwhile, police dealt with several incidents in Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley due to heavy rainfall.
Sheffield City Council said a number of schools were closed in the area due to problems relating to the weather and that one nursing home in the city was also evacuated.
Flooding caused roads to be closed and homes to be evacuated in South Yorkshire.
The fire brigade there said it was at full stretch dealing with flooding problems caused by heavy overnight rain.
hock:
But I've little/no rain =D
