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Emma Beeston, owner of the flooded Corner Bistro in Braunton, north Devon, told the BBC: "The timing couldn't be worse for any of us"
Flooding and heavy rain are continuing to cause problems in south-west England and parts of Wales and Scotland.
Overnight, a woman was found clinging to a tree after she was swept away from her car near Barnstaple, north Devon.
One severe flood warning remains in place in Cornwall and around 170 flood warnings in England and Wales.
Scotland has 30 flood warnings, mainly for Perthshire, Tayside and Angus. There is significant flooding in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen.
Some rail services are still severely disrupted by the weather, with First Great Western advising people not to make non-essential train journeys to the West Country.
The Environment Agency has flood warnings in place across all of its English regions - South West, South East, Anglian, Midlands, North West and North East, as well as Wales.
In other developments:
- Rail services continue to be suspended between Exeter St Davids and Tiverton Parkway because of flooding. A plastic dam has been placed across the railway line at Exeter to minimise flood damage, but is itself now under water
- There is a limited train service between Cardiff Central and Bridgend after it was earlier suspended. The service between Machynlleth and Caersws remains suspended
- In Stonehaven, around 60 people have been evacuated and a reception centre at Mackie Academy has been set up
- Thirty properties have flooded in Stoke Canon, north of Exeter, with at least 20 residents being moved to safety
- Eleven homes were evacuated in Ystalyfera, near Swansea, after a landslide due to flooding
- There are warning of high winds on the Forth Road Bridge, while gusts of up to 70mph are expected on Shetland. Ferry services to the Northern Isles have been suspended due to the winds
Further downpours on Christmas Eve may cause more flooding, with the South West badly hit, the BBC Weather Centre says.
BBC forecaster Holly Green said outbreaks of rain would be heaviest in Scotland on Sunday, with the rain returning to the south-west on Christmas Eve.
"Southern counties of England will also be plagued by some patchy rainfall [on Sunday], but elsewhere there is a bit of a respite from the wet weather.
"This rain will be falling on saturated surfaces and will continue to bring a risk of flooding."
She added that storm force winds for the Northern Isles and gales affecting Northern Ireland would transfer to parts of southern Scotland and northern England during Sunday morning.
'Flashy rivers'In Umberleigh, near Barnstaple in north Devon, a woman was swept away from her car in the early hours of Sunday after becoming stuck in fast-flowing flood water.
A police helicopter found her clinging to branches of a tree - where she had been for 50 minutes - on the banks of the swollen River Taw, and she was rescued by a RNLI lifeboat. She was treated for exposure to the water.
A man and child who remained trapped in the car were rescued by firefighters wearing drysuits.
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Sam Smith explains how he rescued a woman from a river in south Wales, by breaking her car window with a ladder
Four people and two dogs trapped in two flooded properties in Bishops Tawton, near Barnstaple, were also rescued overnight by a fire crew and RNLI in-shore boat.
Police have warned motorists not to use minor roads north of Barnstaple. In nearby Pilton, residents may have to be evacuated if floodwater from the River Yeo reaches their homes. Emergency accommodation is being provided at Pilton Community College, police said.
The River Caen in Braunton has also breached its banks for a second night, and police said the Braunton Academy has been opened as an evacuation assembly point.
In the Cornish towns of Helston and Lostwithiel, fire crews remained overnight to respond to any further flooding incidents.
The RNLI says it rescued 12 people, two dogs and six cats - using two lifeboats - in the town on Saturday evening.
About 120 properties in Cornwall were flooded on Saturday, many in Helston when the River Cober broke its banks.
The river has started to recede, but the Environment Agency still has a severe flood warning in force in the area and is using pumps to lower water levels.
Nick Ely from the agency said: "There is nowhere in Cornwall that can really cope with the rain that's coming.
"Wherever the rain falls, the rivers will respond quickly. We have problems with 'flashy' rivers in Cornwall... where the rivers respond very rapidly with lots of run-off.
"We also have these problems with the catchments being so wet, that our bigger rivers... are also filling up and rising very rapidly".
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