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Months worth of rain to hit UK as new storm sparks major incident with snow and floods

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More than a months rainfall is likely to fall in just a few days, forecasters have warned, as the country braces for the wrath of Storm Christoph.

People are being urged to prepare as an amber weather warning for rain was issued by the Met Office for Tuesday to Thursday for central northern England, affecting an area around Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield and stretching down to Peterborough.

It has led to a major incident being declared in South Yorkshire in preparation for potential flooding, said Ros Jones, mayor of Doncaster.

In a tweet, Ms Jones said emergency protocols were instigated on Sunday, with sandbags handed out in flood-risk areas. After issuing the severe weather warnings the Met Office said there would be in excess of

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