STORM Dennis is battering North Yorkshire and York with winds currently gusting at nearly 50 mphand heavy rain.

It has closed roads and bridges and raised river levels.

The River Ouse is rising and may not peak until Tuesday. It is widely expected to exceed river levels during the 2015 floods. 

This evening the Environment Agency extended flood alerts and flood warnings so that they now cover all of the Rivers Nidd, Wharfe, Swale and Ure.

Car parks near the River Ouse have been closed and flood defences including floodgates remain in place from earlier this week and the Foss Barrier is operating.

The Environment Agency has not said when it expects the river to peak or how it will be.

But York Central Rachael Maskell  tweeted after speaking to residents and the agency that she wasn't expecting the peak until 8pm on Tuesday night. 

Find out more about the flooding situation in York and the rest of North Yorkshire here. 

The Vikings have had to move their encampment because of the weather. Find out where they went here. 

York City FC postponed today's home match with Hereford.  Read more here. 

Rail companies are warning against traffic and one cross-Pennine rail route closed this afternoon. More details here. 

The Humber Bridge and the Tees Viaduct on the A19 near Middlesbrough have both been closed to high-sided vehicles and the M62 Ouse Bridge near Goole has a speed restriction. 

Details about which roads and bridges are closed are here.