A Hampshire village is being readied for evacuation as heavy rainfall continues to spread across the UK - with more than 270 flood alerts and warnings issued.
The Environment Agency (EA) said a severe flood warning for Wallington prompted the need for an evacuation notice.
It said: "The Wallington village next to River Wallington will be evacuated imminently by Havant Borough Council and the emergency services.
Heavy rainfall spread this morning "This is due to a failure in the flood defence around the village. The river is currently just below the top of the defence and cracks have formed in the wall.
"The river level is very high and will remain so for some time.
"If the cracks become bigger and the wall fails catastrophically, the village will be inundated rapidly. Please taken action now."
In addition to the severe flood warning for Wallington, near Fareham, the EA has issued 41 flood warnings and 215 flood alerts for England and Wales.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has issued 12 flood alerts and seven flood warnings for Scotland regions.
The Met Office told Sky News that around 20-30mm of rain is expected to fall today in eastern parts of Northern Ireland. Up to 50mm is expected there on Saturday and Sunday.
The Environment Agency issued the warning for Wallington Meanwhile, the EA is constructing flood defence barriers in Shrewsbury in preparation for flooding from the River Severn.
The EA manager for Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Dave Throup, tweeted: "First phase going up now, Saturday peak is only from today's rain, maybe larger peak Christmas Day depending on future rain."
Flood defences were put up today in the riverside town of Bewdley in Worcestershire, and at Upton-upon-Severn existing flood barriers were being monitored as the river rose steadily.
The EA said the River Wye will also continue to rise, reaching a peak at Ross-on-Wye on Saturday afternoon.
Heavy rain has spread across the UK from the South West, falling on ground already saturated from extended periods of rainfall and flooding last month.
Sky's Weather Presenter Isobel Lang said: "The earlier bands of rain will ease, especially in the South West, but successive bands are due to come on Friday.
"They will be very moist and warm and the expectation is for more heavy downpours."
Officials have warned of dangers from flooding The AA said it has attended 224 cars driven through or stuck in floodwater and more than 6,800 breakdowns nationally - 1,100 an hour - so far today.
The breakdown service said East Dorset and the New Forest in Hampshire were worst affected and there was heavy breakdown demand in London due to Christmas shoppers.
Darron Burness, the AA's head of special operations, said: "Unfortunately, following this morning, some drivers will be asking Santa for a new car after driving down flooded roads."
The AA said it expects to attend up to 14,000 call-outs today, compared with around 9,500 on an average Thursday.
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