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Britain\u00a0 has been hit by torrential rain, with a rare amber alert issued by the Met Office. Now flood alerts are in place for much of the country.<\/p>\n

Severe flood warnings and rail cancellations remain in areas of England flooded after a month’s worth of rain fell in a single day.<\/p>\n

Derbyshire and South Yorkshire have been worst hit by the floods, causing water to breach banks and sweep over flood defences, which claimed the life of one woman\u00a0 swept away in a river near Matlock.<\/p>\n

After her death in the Derwent at Rowsley, near Matlock in Derbyshire,\u00a0 the Environment Agency (EA) warned people to stay away from swollen rivers.<\/p>\n

The River Don, which flows through Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster, hit its highest recorded level at just over 6.3m (21ft), higher than it was in 2007 when it also flooded.<\/p>\n

Shoppers spent the night inside Meadowhall shopping centre after roads became impassable and dangerous to life.<\/p>\n

Residents have been forced from their homes following in a mudslide as torrential downpours across northern England brought significant disruption on the roads and train lines.<\/div>\n
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Services remain cancelled on the Matlock-Derby-Nottingham route and diversions are in place between Derby and Chesterfield, adding about 30 minutes to journeys.<\/div>\n
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On Friday night, Boris Johnson visited Matlock to help with the clean-up operation and said the government is putting \u00a32.6bn towards flood defences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Environmental Agency has issued five severe flood warnings, 106 flood warnings and 110 flood alerts across England following the Met Office’s now expired amber and two yellow weather warnings for rain.<\/div>\n
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Meanwhile, trains are not running in parts of the East Midlands.<\/p>\n

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