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UK weather: Flood warnings and travel disruption as heavy rain hits.
[43], More than 1,000 acres (400 ha) in Lincolnshire were underwater when the Barlings Eau burst its banks. The River Calder rose to very high levels but did not break its banks in Todmorden, Hebden Bridge or Mytholmroyd, unlike the previous weekend, and only minor surface water flooding was reported across Calderdale in general. It triggered a record-breaking numberof Environment Agency flood war… Even when the village had flooded by 9:00 pm the Environment Agency had still not issued a flood warning.