Summary The Environment Agency had 150 flood alerts in place late Sunday.
LONDON: Winds and rain across Britain is spelling a winter washout for many before the Christmas holiday, with rail travel disrupted and several people plucked from the floodwaters.
Residents in Braunton, in southern England, saw their village s new flood defenses wiped out as the River Caen burst its banks. In the nearby village of Umberleigh, a woman was rescued by a lifeboat team after clinging to the branches of a tree for nearly an hour.
The Environment Agency had 150 flood alerts in place late Sunday, mainly in southwest and central England. Northeast Scotland was also affected.
