A 17-YEAR-OLD girl died after the 4x4 she was travelling in overturned and plunged into a swollen river as storms lashed Britain yesterday.
The girl and two other people were airlifted to hospital from a remote forestry area in Powys, mid-Wales.
Wales and south-west England bore the brunt of the torrential rain and high winds yesterday, with overflowing rivers and drains flooding hom
es and causing transport chaos.
The incident in Wales happened at about 5:45pm in the Llyn Briane Reservoir area. Inspector Robert Price, of Dyfed-Powys Police, said: "A 4x4 overturned and came to rest in a river. Three people have been airlifted to Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, two of them suffering from hypothermia. One casualty tragically died following her arrival at the hospital."
Insp Price added that the force and RAF helicopters helped rescue the three, as the incident happened in a remote area.
"At this stage next of kin have not been informed," he said.
The officer added that floodwater from the river had caused the vehicle to "lose its footing" and tip into the river.
Some affected parts of south Wales were expected to have received more than 2in of rain by the end of yesterday.
Meanwhile, areas of the UK experienced gale-force winds, with gusts of more than 60mph recorded at headlands near Torbay in Devon.
The Met Office issued severe warnings across large swathes of the country, including all of Wales, south west England, the north west, the West Midlands and parts of Northern Ireland.
MeteoGroup UK forecaster Tony Conlan said: "There could be rain in just about any part of southern England, Wales and Scotland. It will be heavy in many areas.
"It is drying up on Sunday in parts of the country and also on Monday, but there will be more wet weather from Tuesday onwards," he said.
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