UK Weather: Elderly Woman Found Dead In Flooded Home In North Wales
A body has been pulled from a flooded home after a river reached record levels and burst its banks.
The elderly woman was found dead in the beleaguered Welsh city of St Asaph where hundreds of people have been urged to flee their water-logged homes.
Her body was discovered at midday after the River Elwy surged through flood defences as the wet weather continued to wreak havoc across the country.
Next of kin have been informed, North Wales Police said.
A spokesman said: "North Wales Police can confirm that the body of an elderly woman has been recovered from a flooded property in Tair Felin, St Asaph, Denbighshire.
"Local officers from the emergency services who were conducting house to house checks discovered the body of the woman at noon today."
Officers said there were no suspicious circumstances and have launched an investigation into her death, which is being treated as unexplained.
Another three people have died since the latest bout of wet weather struck.
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