More than 130 flood alerts and warnings have been issued across the country, alongside heavy rain and strong winds - as Storm Ingrid will continue to batter Britain into next week

And in many parts of northern Scotland and the Midlands, flood alerts and flood warnings remain in effect. Residents of Tewkesbury are warned the River Severn could burst its banks tomorrow, while Stanford in Worcestershire and the South Winterbourne Valley in Dorset also face serious flooding.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in the worst flooding in a generation

Four fire personnel from the service have joined seven specialist crews from the UK in Africa.