Flood warnings forecast with more heavy rain to come
Further heavy rain could cause a danger to life and travel disruption, the Met Office has warned, a day after a person died in a mudslide in North Yorkshire.
Flood warnings have also been issued across England with one in Scotland.
National Rail has said its northern services are facing disruption, with a major line between England and Scotland closed due to flooding.
Showers will continue to hit parts of the UK into Thursday, as yellow and amber warnings for rain remain in place.
TransPennine Express, ScotRail, Avanti West Coast and Caledonian Sleeper are among affected operators.
The West Coast Main Line between Carlisle and Lockerbie is blocked, National Rail Enquiries said.
Avanti West Coast has warned people not to travel north of Preston in Lancashire, writing in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that all routes "are currently blocked in both directions".
Travel between Manchester and Scotland on the TransPennine Express has also been disrupted.
Political scientist Professor Sir John Curtice was among those to have their journey from London to Glasgow affected.
"My question to politicians this morning is can you please make the trains work," he told the BBC's Today programme in an interview regarding the upcoming general election.
An amber warning for rain that was in place across parts of North Wales and north-west England since midday on Wednesday has now been cancelled.
However, lower-grade yellow weather warnings remain in place.
A warning in place for the north of England, the Midlands and north and central Wales is in place until 12:00BST on Thursday.
Another, in place for southern and eastern Scotland, is due to expire at 18:00BST on Thursday.
The Met Office has warned that flooding and power cuts were possible.
Honister in Cumbria has been the worst hit so far with 110mm of rainfall.
The city of Carlisle, also in Cumbria, recorded 65.6mm of rain over a 24-hour period, according to the Met Office.
This amount of rain has quickly filled up the rivers and a severe flood warning remains in Cumbria, which means a danger to life.
Cumbria Police said a number of properties were affected in the Stockdalewath area, with one property evacuated.
"We do expect some impact to travel within Cumbria with some flood water in parts of the county," said Chief Superintendent Mick Bird.
Flood warnings are also in force on other rivers in Scotland and England.
Heavy rain on Wednesday caused a mudslide at Carlton-in-Cleveland, on the edge of the North York Moors National Park - leaving one person dead.
North Yorkshire Police said nobody else was hurt in the landslide but asked the public to avoid the area.
The county had received almost a month's worth of rainfall on Wednesday, forecaster Mr Partridge said.
41.6mm of rain was recorded in a 24-hour period in Loftus, a town 20 miles (32km) away.
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