North Yorkshire Police said a person died following a mudslide in Carlton-in-Cleveland at around 1.15pm on Wednesday afternoon
Carlton-in-Cleveland Yorkshire site of mudslide which has killed one person Image: google Street ViewOne person has died in a mudslide on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors, as rain continues to drench several areas of the UK.in Carlton-in-Cleveland, where a yellow weather warning is in place, at around 1.15pm this afternoon.
The Met Office has warned more severe weather is still to come as some parts of the UK will see a month’s rainfall in just 24 hours.He said: “There was a lot of rainfall overnight in the north-west and southern Scotland, as well as in areas such as the Midlands, East Anglia and the Home Counties.“That’s almost a month’s rainfall in one day.
“But there is a lot of rain still to come in the next 12 to 24 hours, particularly in north Wales and north-west England.BBC Yorkshire climate correspondent Paul Hudson said the area where the mudslide occurred has seen a month’s worth of rainfall in the past 12 hours.
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