The Met Office issued flood warnings across Yorkshire on Sunday as the rivers Aire, Nidd, Calder, Crimple and Wharfe were expected to burst their banks.
People in areas covered by the flood warnings were urged to get themselves and their families to safety, while disruption on the roads and the rails was rife.
Scroll down to see the impact of the flooding on Yorkshire so far.
![People stand on steps leading to a footpath alongside the river Calder, now flooded after persistent heavy rain, in the centre of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. [Image: Asadour Guzelian]](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI0Njc4Mjc2.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
5. Hebden Bridge
People stand on steps leading to a footpath alongside the river Calder, now flooded after persistent heavy rain, in the centre of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. [Image: Asadour Guzelian] Photo: Asadour Guzelian
![The River Calder swollen by persistent heavy rain at Sandbeds, car Todmorden, West Yorkshire. [Image: Asadour Guzelian]](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI0Njc4Mjc3.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
6. Todmorden
The River Calder swollen by persistent heavy rain at Sandbeds, car Todmorden, West Yorkshire. [Image: Asadour Guzelian] Photo: Asadour Guzelian
![The River Calder, swollen by heavy rain, rushes past ducks perched on a wall at Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire [Image: Asadour Guzelian]](https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI0Njc4Mjc4.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Nice weather for ducks
The River Calder, swollen by heavy rain, rushes past ducks perched on a wall at Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire [Image: Asadour Guzelian] Photo: Asadour Guzelian
8. York underwater
Two people photograph the swollen River Ouse as ducks enjoy the water nearby Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe