Hundreds more people have been told to leave their homes in northern England as weeks of rain continues to cause heavy flooding.
Police in the York area 320 kilometres north of London advised more than 300 people to leave their homes because of rising river waters on Sunday.
Several hundred had been evacuated in the previous 24 hours in the West Yorkshire and Lancashire regions and officials said thousands had lost power.
The official Met Office weather service indicated on Sunday that only very small amounts of rain were expected in the flooded areas in the next day.
However, hundreds of flood warnings and alerts remain in place in parts of England and Wales.
Prime Minister David Cameron plans to convene the government's emergency Cobra ministerial group to co-ordinate the crisis response.
The number of severe flood warnings reached 15 early on Friday afternoon and 335 alerts were in place across England, Wales and Scotland.
In response, The Met Office issued its most serious red weather warnings - danger to life - for both Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Residents in Whalley and Ribchester in Lancashire were forced to abandon homes when flood waters poured through the streets.
Todmorden in West Yorkshire was also hit with rising waters.
In Whalley on the burst banks of the River Calder some residents were evacuated by rescue boats as water levels continued to rise.
In Cumbria, already hit hard by flooding earlier this month, the rainfall has smashed records as the Lakeland region braced itself again ahead of the fresh deluge.
