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Britain is now under so much water, people in rural areas can only get around by boat.
With many areas already saturated, the prospect of more heavy showers means there may be further flooding in the next week.
The South-West of England remains the worst affected and forecasters have warned of 'dangerous conditions' in coastal areas.
We have had such heavy and persistent rainfall over the past few days and weeks that there is a danger of landslides and rockfalls along the coast, even on coastal paths,' said a Met Office spokesman.
Families heading out for a Christmas walk were urged to 'take care' and warned: 'Do not get too close to the cliff edge or walk under the cliff face along the beach and remember coastal paths could be impacted too.'
Many coastal paths in the South-West have been closed over the past few weeks, and train services have also been disrupted by small coastal landslides. The latest warning was issued following advice from the British Geological Survey monitoring centre.
The worst hit areas of the South-West can expect up to two-and-a-half inches of rain by Saturday night. However, for the most part forecasters expect heavy showers rather than the prolonged downpours that have caused the worst of the recent flooding chaos. A Met Office spokesman said: 'There are going to be short bursts of showery rain followed by drier spells.
© AP/Darron CummingsMotorists and pedestrians go past a mound of snow that workers piled up in downtown Indianapolis, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012.
After leaving behind up to six feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada on Saturday and Sunday, Euclid brought the Rockies a fresh blanket of snow on Christmas Eve.
Then, Euclid brought heavy snow to the South on Christmas Day, with up to a foot of snow in Arkansas and blizzard conditions reported in parts of Oklahoma and north Texas.
After dumping a swath of snow in parts of the Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes, Euclid is finishing up its long, snowy journey in the Northeast on Thursday.
© The Daily Town Talk, Melinda Martinez / APA house in Tioga, Louisiana, is severely damaged after a tornado tore through the area on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012.
The storm first pounded Texas, then touched down in Louisiana and blasted through homes in Mississippi. In Mobile, Ala., a wide funnel cloud was barreled across the city as lightning flashed inside like giant Christmas ornaments.
Bill Bunting with the National Weather Service's Severe Storms Prediction Center said that the damage may not yet be done.
"Conditions don't look quite as volatile over a large area as we saw on Christmas day but there will be a risk of tornadoes, some of them could be rather strong, across eastern portions of North Carolina and the northeastern part of South Carolina," he said.
A 49-year-old snowboarder was found dead in an avalanche of snow in the Lake Tahoe area Monday, officials said.
Ski resorts, meanwhile, reported near-record snowfalls and brisk business.
The Avalanche Center advised skiers and hikers to choose their routes carefully, particularly on steep back-country terrain, said Marvin Boyd of the National Weather Service in Reno. He said the Sierra snowpack is weak and vulnerable to collapse after a snowfall of nearly 5 feet since Friday.
On Monday, the body of snowboarder Steven Mark Anderson, 49, a resident of Hirschdale near Truckee, was found by a Nevada County sheriff's search dog beneath 2 to 3 feet of snow at the Donner Ski Ranch.
© AFPTangled electrical wires over a flooded street in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on December 26, 2012. The worst rains to hit Baghdad in 30 years left four people dead and many of the Iraqi capital's residents struggling to cope with heavy flooding on Wednesday as the government declared a national holiday.
Patients reported long and difficult journeys to hospitals, shopkeepers complained of a lack of business and several roads were immersed in water, in some cases as much as waist-high.
In the predominantly-Shiite northeastern district of Sadr City, the area surrounding Fatima al-Zahra hospital was completely flooded, and patients said trips that normally took 15 minutes had taken them as long as two hours.
"They told me I need to go and get an ultrasound from outside the hospital, but we do not know where to go, we are afraid the roads will be flooded and we will not be able to come back," said a woman who identified herself only as Umm Laith, or mother of Laith.
© US NavyA satellite image of Tropical Cyclone 4 in the Indian Ocean.
Galkayo and Bandar Beyla have experienced heavy rainfall, with flooding in some areas, according to Bandar Beyla District Commissioner Said Mohamed Anteno. Heavy rains have also been reported in Eyl, Gara'ad, Jariban and Hobyo.
The strong winds caused local communications and power companies to lose power.
No casualties have been reported, however a boat carrying commodities to Mogadishu capsized near Bandar Beyla after being caught in strong winds, said Puntland Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Mohamed Farah Aadan.
Bandar Bayla District Commissioner Said Mohamed Anteno said they have rescued all crew members on board.
Cyclone frequency in Indonesia in 2012 is 28 times that for the year 2002, according to the Indonesian Disaster Management Agency BNPB, with the increase attributed to the persistent impact of systemic climate change.
Sutopo Purwo Yuwono, spokesperson with the Indonesian disaster management agency (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana) BNPB told the Xinhua newsagency, "Global warming has resulted in the formation of more cumulonimbus clouds that could incite cyclones."
Sutopo went on to predict that more cyclones would hit in Indonesia in March to April next year. Floods and landslides are expected to strike from January to March.
© NASA
Sutopo went on to predict that more cyclones would hit in Indonesia in March to April next year. Floods and landslides are expected to strike from January to March.
© AP Photo/The Gleaner, Mike LawrenceTraffic moves in the U.S. 41 By-Pass in Henderson, Ky., Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 as a snow storm moves through the area making travel treacherous.
Heavy snow and high winds prompted National Weather Service blizzard and winter storm warnings for the Ohio River Valley and into the Northeast. Approximately 37cm of snow was recorded at New Baltimore, Michigan, as the storm headed north and east. An estimated 200,000 thousand people are without electricity.
About 1,500 US flights were cancelled yesterday, according to FlightAware.com, a site that tracks flights. Some 170 flights also have been called off today, and several airlines waived ticket change fees for affected customers.
All four runways at Philadelphia International Airport were open, but some travellers still faced some cancelled flights.
The National Weather Service warned that between 30 to 45cm of snow was expected in northern New England, with snow falling through until tomorrow morning. The storm was accompanied by freezing rain and sleet, making driving treacherous, it said.
It was a white Christmas in many parts of the U.S., and while the weather made the holidays pretty to look at it also caused plenty of holiday chaos. More than 10 inches of snow fell on parts of central and northern Arkansas, with the state capital Little Rock receiving 9 inches - breaking an 86-year-old snowfall record. Parts of southern Illinois and Indiana found themselves digging out from 7-inches of accumulation on Christmas Day.
But the worst weather hit parts of Alabama and Louisiana, where tornadoes slammed into Gulf Coast towns on Christmas Day. In Mobile, Ala., one twister touched down just before 5 p.m., and was captured live by local news station WALA.
But the worst weather hit parts of Alabama and Louisiana, where tornadoes slammed into Gulf Coast towns on Christmas Day. In Mobile, Ala., one twister touched down just before 5 p.m., and was captured live by local news station WALA.
