Six people are now believed to have been killed by Storm Babet after torrential rain and wind caused chaos across the UK and disruption at airports and railway stations brought major cities to a standstill.
On the M4, four cars and an HGV were involved in a crash at around 9.10am on Friday, which occurred eastbound between junction 17 at Chippenham and junction 18 at Bath. Two women were pronounced dead at the scene.
And a 19-year-old driver died and five passengers were injured after a car hit a wall in a West Yorkshire village on Friday night.
The weather conditions were a factor in the crash, according to The Sun.
The collision involved a white Seat Ibiza which collided with a wall on Brow Lane at Shelf, near Halifax.
Police said the driver died at the scene, while an 18-year-old man was critically injured.
The Telegraph has contacted West Yorkshire Police for further comment.
It comes as three severe flood warnings have been put in place around the River Derwent in Derbyshire, which appears to have burst its banks in some locations according to pictures on social media.
The warnings – which mean there is a significant risk to life – are in place at Derby City Water Treatment Works, Little Chester, Eastgate and Cattle Market, and Racecourse Park at Chaddesden.
It comes with the Derwent having risen to record levels in Storm Babet.
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Emergency crews have also had to rescue 20 people from a care home in Derbyshire after cars were submerged in flood water in the county, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue have said.
It comes as motorists have been urged not to drive through flood waters and “to consider their travel plans” as Storm Babet continues to batter the UK.
More than 100 people had to be rescued in Derbyshire on Friday and the service declared a major incident due to the impact of the storm.
Clive Stanbrook, area manager at Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service, warned flood waters could continue to rise near Derby and across south Derbyshire on Saturday.
He told BBC Breakfast: “We rescued over 100 people yesterday. For example, just on one road in Chesterfield in the north of the county, we rescued 60 people when that (water level) came up to the top of cars and several HGVs were stuck as well.
“There is a village called Duffield in Derbyshire and we rescued 20 people from one care home there.
“Also there were 18 houses that were evacuated in a village called Ironville, again in the north of the county.”
Hundreds of people have been left homeless in a Derbyshire town as Storm Babet continues to cause chaos across the UK.
Labour MP Toby Perkins said about 400 houses in his Chesterfield constituency have been flooded and many people “have no idea where they’re going to be living”.
Standing on a road in his constituency that was “under water yesterday and has significant damage”, Mr Perkins told BBC One’s Today programme on Friday: “About 400 houses have been flooded, many of the businesses here have lost all their stock and will be closed.
