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This terrifying sight brings home the full horror of the floods that have hit areas of Britain after a mighty deluge brought a month’s rainfall in just 24 hours – and led forecasters to declare it the worst storm to hit Britain in 30 years.
A block of flats is precariously perched on stilts on an estate in Newburn, Newcastle, its foundations washed away by the waterfall which formed after the road outside turned into a river.
The torrential downpours have caused more than 300 homes to flood across the country since Sunday, including in Morpeth, Durham, Chester-le-Street and Stockton on Tees, but are expected to ease off throughout today.
However, there are still 75 flood warnings and 123 flood alerts which remain in place, the Environment Agency said.
The Met Office said an area of low pressure measuring 973 millibars had been recorded near the coast of the north east of England making the bad weather the most intense September storm for 30 years.
