Flash flooding will continue throughout the week as more bands of wet weather sweep across Britain, the Environment Agency warned today.

Severn Trent today said costs associated with the summer’s flooding crisis washed away profits growth in the first half of its financial year.

AN EXHAUSTED British hotelier took a much-needed break to Spain after months of dealing with this summer’s devastating floods –— only to find his holiday hotel submerged in rainwater.

UK water company Severn Trent today estimated the cost of dealing with last month’s flood crisis at between £25m (€38m) and £35m (€51m).

Fears were growing tonight that homeowners will ultimately be faced with stinging rises in water bills to cover the costs of increasing Britain’s flood protection.

Police searching for a teenager who vanished during heavy flooding in the UK have today found a body.

Britain’s deluge-stricken communities are facing another day of chaos today as they await the painfully slow fall of the floodwaters.

The lack of clean water in flood-stricken areas raised growing concerns today about sanitation and health.

Parts of the UK remain in the grip of flooding today, with further surges expected on the River Thames and more than 340,000 people facing the prospect of two weeks without fresh water.

A search has been launched for a teenager missing since the height of the floods, police in the UK said today.

Premature twins who were rescued from floods by helicopters in the south-west of England have died, police said today.

More than 340,000 people hit by the recent flooding face up to two weeks without access to clean water in their homes, raising concerns about hygiene and sanitation.

The worst floods in the UK's modern history began to recede in Gloucestershire, England today as tens of thousands of homes had their power switched back on.

A community has expressed its outrage after blood from hundreds of slaughtered infected sheep flowed onto a busy road.