Storm Babet in Yorkshire live: Latest traffic, travel and weather updates from Leeds, York, Bradford, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Halifax, Scarborough as Storm Babet hits
The rain has been hammering down overnight and The Met Office, Environment Agency and National Highways have all issued warnings to people to stay safe during the storm.
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Hide AdIn Scotland, where the worst of the weather has hit, a woman has died after flooding caused by Storm Babet saw hundreds of homes evacuated, while thousands were hit by power cuts.
Police Scotland said the body of the 57-year-old woman was recovered from Water of Lee at Glen Esk, where a rare red weather alert is in place until noon on Friday.
Five flood warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency’s Floodline service in Dauntsey, Wiltshire; Sandsend, North Yorkshire; Bridlington, East Yorkshire; the Tyne estuary and in areas surrounding the River Maun in Nottinghamshire.
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Hide AdThe agency has 87 flood alerts in effect across the rest of England.
The Met Office said some communities could be cut off for several days by severe flooding, while the British Geological Survey has warned the storm could also cause landslides in Scotland.
Gusts in excess of 60mph are likely on Friday, with particularly poor conditions on immediate coastlines with large waves adding to the list of hazards.
Follow the latest below.
Storm Babet in Yorkshire
Train chaos at Sheffield Station - no services in or out due to flooding. Cross Country only operator to have confirmed this so far
Leeds Bradford Airport statement on TUI aircraft landing incident
“We can confirm TUI flight TOM3551 arriving from Corfu at LBA this afternoon has moved off the runway whilst landing.
“We are working with the airline, relevant operations teams and emergency authorities to address this situation and remove passengers from the aircraft safely.”
Another image of the aircraft which has skidded off the runway at Leeds Bradford - taken by a passenger and appearing to show damage
A TUI flight from Corfu to Leeds Bradford Airport has skidded off the runway while landing in Storm Babet
Scotland situation
Emergency crews are trying to rescue people in the town hardest hit by the unprecedented flooding caused by Storm Barbet.
As England, Wales and Northern Ireland faced warnings about heavy rain, Scotland continued to bear the brunt with flood defences in the town of Brechin being breached early on Friday.
Angus Council, which serves the town near the eastern Scottish coast, said parts of Brechin are only accessible by boat and added: “Angus is in the middle of a very serious emergency. Flooding is unprecedented. Levels are over half a metre over the last highest ever.”
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf said: “I cannot stress how dangerous conditions are in Brechin in particular.”
And Brechin councillor Jill Scott said: “It’s horrific. It’s just absolutely horrendous. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
She said people had been trapped for hours, warning: “There will be hundreds of houses flooded.”
Travel disruption
Another one of our business reporters has braved the weather - this time it’s Michael Crossland. Look at that river behind him!
Storm is changing the landscape
Storm Babet has already caused changes to Durham’s industrial coastline, experts have said.
Researchers from Newcastle University are bracing the elements to document how the surging seas have eroded the landscape.
They have already recorded waves washing away fragile and toxic coal waste deposits that sit just above the high-water mark, with even heavier seas expected.
At the peak of the coal industry in the North East, approximately 2.5 million tonnes of waste were deposited on Durham’s beaches annually.
Locations like Blast Beach, near Seaham, which featured as a backdrop in the film Alien 3, have seen significant spoil erosion since industrial tipping ceased.
Now, using drones to survey the beaches and map out the changes, a research team is working to measure the changes along the coastline, particularly in response to Storm Babet.
They have already found around one metre of erosion at Blast Beach as a result of the first high tide on Thursday morning.