Floods Death Toll Rises with No Let-Up in Rain ; Downpour Prompts River Alert in West As Latest Tragedy Sees Man Crushed by Tree

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B ritain's stor my weather has claimed another victim as householders nervously watched the rain continue to fall in the West Country's flood hotspots.

A male driver in his 40s died after he was crushed by a tree in West Sussex yesterday lunchtime - making him the third fatality of the recent weather.

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Floods Death Toll Rises with No Let-Up in Rain ; Downpour Prompts River Alert in West As Latest Tragedy Sees Man Crushed by Tree

The news comes just one day after a 46-year-old canoeist died when he became trapped against a tree in the River Dart in Devon.

On Friday, policeman Bill Barker became the first victim of this month's storms after he was killed when a bridge collapsed during major flooding in Cumbria.

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