South Yorkshire floods: Spectacular aerial pictures show flooding River Don from the sky

Top photographer Nick T James took these pictures using a drone, showing the water which has spilled out of the Don and into the surrounding fields.

The pictures were taken near Mexborough, between Rotherham and Doncaster.

Parts of Sheffield and South Yorkshire are currently covered by an Environment Agency flood alert, with some homes in Sheffield also covered by a more serious flood warning.

See the eight pictures in the gallery below.

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