Crews from two vessels have had to be rescued, two men are missing and 64 passengers were stranded on a ferry for more than 20 hours because it could not dock.

A Russian crew was forced to abandon a cargo ship

It ran aground in Cornwall amid fears of an oil spill

The salvage crew are winched on to the stricken Kodima

Heavy rain caused a landslide in south Wales

The River Usk burst its banks in Abergavenny in Wales

A man braves the elements on the Wirral seafront

Blackpool's sodden Golden Mile caused driving problems