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Embracing the sea

Kids stand with their backs against a high wave breaking on the pier in Brighton, England on Sept. 24.

 

Heavy rain, high winds and flooding has inundated parts of the United Kingdom for the past couple days, with some towns experiencing more than a month's worth of rain in as little as 24 hours.

 

Playing chicken with the waves

People get soaked by the spray of a strong wave slamming against the Brighton pier on Sept. 24.

 

Several hundred miles north, the intense downpour forced dozens of residents to flee their homes in Morpeth, Northumberland to avoid the overflowing waters of the River Wansbeck.

 

Windy tourism

The hair of visitors to the Brighton Pier is whipped around in the strong winds on Sept. 24.

 

The heavy rain and subsequent flooding has caused major transportation disruptions for road and rail lines linking London with Leeds, York and Newcastle. The only casualty that has been reported was a woman who was killed in London's Kew Gardens by a tree branch that broke off in the rain on Sept. 23.