More than 400 people were evacuated from their homes after the town of Morpeth in Northumberland was ‘virtually cut off’ when the River Wansbeck burst its banks.
The town has experienced the worst flooding since the 1960s.
The situation was so serious an RAF helicopter was called in to help pluck several stranded residents to safety.
The British government is to announce that it will operate the Bellwin scheme, which provides emergency financial assistance from government to Local Authorities to meet the costs of an emergency or disaster.
Severe flood warnings have also been issued for Pickering in North Yorkshire which has been repeatedly hit by flooding in recent months and years.
Iin Wales, the Environment Agency has been monitoring water levels of the River Wye, in Monmouth, and residents living on the east bank at Wye Bridge have now been evacuated.
