Travellers face further Christmas getaway disruption, with more than 500 flood alerts and warnings in place across the UK.
Scores of flood warnings are in place across the country after days of heavy rainfall - and more is on the way.
The Environment Agency has issued around 190 warnings, meaning flooding is expected and immediate action is required.
There are also more than 300 alerts where flooding is possible, and one severe warning remains active at Helston in Cornwall - meaning there is a danger to life.
Many residents in the South West face Christmas with floodwater in their homes, and communities across the UK are on alert.
Cornwall has been particularly badly hit. The streets of Lostwithiel are under water and residents are bracing themselves for further flooding.
They looked on helplessly overnight as flood water lapped at the sandbags protecting their homes.
For train passengers, the chances of getting home for the festive holiday could be hampered by the effects of the heavy downpours.
Those unable to travel on Saturday because of cancelled services will put further pressure on the network as they reschedule their journeys.
Dozens of routes have been affected by heavy rain, and flooding has been so bad in the South West that First Great Western is advising passengers with non-essential journeys not to travel on trains or replacement buses in the area at all, because of flooding and poor road conditions.
Among the regions where there are flood warnings are the South West, Midlands and East Anglia.
There will be some heavy rain in Scotland today, while England, Wales and Ireland will have drier conditions during the day.
However, it will turn wet later, with outbreaks of rain moving into the south-west of England and then heading north.
Sky News weather presenter Nazaneen Ghaffar said: "Tonight outbreaks of rain will move into the south-west of England and then spread to all of the south, including southern Wales by midnight.
"The rain will continuing spreading further north into the rest of Wales, central England, the Midlands, the Republic of Ireland and as far north as Yorkshire and Lancashire.
"Some of the rain will be heavy, especially for south-west England and southern Wales."
In Looe, Cornwall, heavy rain caused two landslides which cut off the nearby the village of Hannafore.
In Umberleigh, Devon, a police helicopter helped in the search and rescue of a woman who had been swept away from her vehicle during flooding in the area.
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