OAP found DEAD, cars stranded and homes flooded as Storm Angus brings TWO WEEKS of rain, flooding and 50mph winds
Delays on road and rail as flood warnings issued for South West, West Midlands, Wales and North of England with more than two inches of rain today
AN elderly woman is believed to have frozen to death in her garden and three men are in hospital after a bin lorry overturned in high winds on the M27 as Storm Angus brought more chaos to Britain today.
Cars were stranded under water, commuters faced misery on the road and rail network and residents sandbagged their homes as the country braced for more than two inches of rain - a fortnight's worth - in just a few hours.
Resident Lee Gitsham said a white van and a black car got stuck trying to drive through the floodwater
The pensioner was found at 10.30am on Sunday in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow, where temperatures had plunged below zero over the weekend.
Police said they are not treating the death as suspicious and a post-mortem examination will be carried out.
It follows the death in similar circumstances of Donald MacMillan, 73, and his wife Morag, 67, outside their home in the village of Gravir on the isle of Lewis, on Friday morning.
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In Hampshire two people were cut out of a bin lorry that overturned and crashed into the central reservation on the M27 near Portsmouth. They were taken to hospital along with a third person.
The eastbound carriageway was closed and one lane of the westbound between Junction 11 and 12, leading to severe delays.
A South Central Ambulance Service spokesman said: “It’s a rubbish lorry that overturned, possibly due to wind.
“There were three patients inside the vehicle.”
Motorists and pedestrians battled through rain and flooded streets in Plymouth as the South West took the brunt of the downpours.
Meanwhile in Bristol around a dozens cars were submerged by floodwater three feet deep in Whitchurch Lane.
Resident Lee Gitsham, 43, said: "I had to go through an alternative route because the bottom of the road was flooded. Parked cars were submerged in water.
“There were two drivers who tried to get through but got stuck.
“It was at wing mirror level so it must have been about 2ft-3ft of water.”
He added: "I saw a white van with a black car behind it. They tried to drive through and got stuck. Driveways were flooding."
Bobbie Massiah, who is believed to live on the street, joked her submerged hatchback for now for sale.
She tweeted a picture of the small red motor - with brown floodwater up the the windows - saying: "Toyota Aygo for sell if anyone's interested, message me for details."
Chris Hignett asked: "Does it come with oars?" and Bobbie replied: "I'll chuck them in for free".
In Exeter a passenger was photographed climbing out of the window after the car he was travelling in stalled in floodwater.
He waded through the knee-deep water and gave the hatchback a shove to safety.
Millions of motorists heading to work were warned roads could be like lakes and emergency services are braced for a crop of crashes as drivers hit huge sheets of rainwater and lose control.
Shortly after 6am today police warned the A379 at the Countess Wear roundabout in Exeter is partly impassable because of floodwater.
Howling winds and driving rain led to speed restrictions and on the M48 Severn Bridge near Bristol this morning.
And a pile-up on the storm-lashed M1 involving a lorry, a van and a car has led to severe delays this morning on the northbound carriageway between junction 12 and 13 in Bedfordshire. It is not yet known if anyone was hurt.
In South Wales, Ken John Kicks shared a video of the thick sludge left over his walls and floors after Storm Angus flooded his home.
In Mountnessing, Essex, a pregnant woman and her one-year-old child had to be rescued by firefighters after their car got stuck in four feet of flood water yesterday.
Essex Fire and Rescue Service said: "The control operator could hear the woman was extremely panicked and so kept talking to her to reassure her until crews arrived at the scene."
Today Worcester AA patrolman Dave Harford tweeted a picture of a car washed away in a flooded ford - adding the driver's life was only saved because his vehicle got stuck on a bridge.
Meanwhile in Exmoor a portion of the Tarr Steps clapper bridge was washed away by the storm
as the swollen River Barle swept stones each weighing up to two tons downstream.
As the Monday morning rush hour began, Great Western warned rail commuters of "severe delays" between Penzance and Exeter St Davids due to "slippery rails" between Par and Newton Abbot.
Later the line between Bristol Parkway and Swindon was closed due to "heavy flooding", Network Rail said.
Trains between Cardiff and London Paddington have been cancelled and diversions are in place on other routes.
The South Coast was also hit - there are warnings of delays on the Hovertravel ferry service across the Solent this morning between Ryde and Southsea because of the bad weather.
Five flood warnings and 21 flood alerts across England were issued by the Environment Agency, while the Met Office issued weather warnings covering the South West, Wales and North East England.
Storm Angus, the first named storm of the winter season, wreaked havoc on land and sea yesterday with hurricane strength gusts of 106mph.
It caused power cuts for more than 2,000 homes in the South West before the storm moved off into the North Sea.
Eleven crew members had to be rescued from a cargo ship after it crashed into a stone barge off the coast of Dover and began taking on water.
The other 12 remained on board as they worked alongside the Coastguard to bring the ship into port.
Fire crews in Devon spent Sunday pumping out flooded properties and roads, and warned many of those same areas are due to be hit by wet weather again.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service station manager Martin Bayet advised people to take precautions and call 999 "if they are concerned for their safety".
He said: "There is likely to be a lot of surface water on country roads, particularly around Braunton, so motorists should be wary of the possibility of flooded roads, take notice of road closure signs and not attempt to drive through floodwater."
Part of Folkestone harbour was closed after high winds brought down a scaffolding staircase, and the sea wall at Swanage was badly damaged by the storm.
Wind speeds of up to 50mph are expected on Monday and the persistent downpours in the South West early on in the day are likely to be followed by thundery showers, the Met Office warned.
The Met Office said: "On Monday a further broad area of heavy, persistent rain will extend northwards across South West England and Wales.
"The heaviest rain is expected to reach South West England in the early hours of Monday and to reach north Wales by around the middle of the day.
"Although the more persistent rain should clear from South West England into the afternoon, heavy and possibly thundery showers are likely to follow.
"Strong north-easterly winds will also develop for a time giving gusts of 50mph.
"Please be aware of the possibility of localised flooding and disruption to transport."
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