The BBC's Mark Connolly surveys the extent of the flooding

The bodies of two canoeists were recovered from swollen rivers on Saturday while a farmer who went missing on Friday is now presumed dead.

Police and firefighters searching the River Dart near Holne Bridge on the edge of Dartmoor recovered a body after the river level dropped.

Teenager named

Police named him as 18-year-old James Bilson, a member of the Basingstoke Canal Canoe Club in Hampshire.

Another canoeist, a 47-year-old man, was pulled out of the River Barle at Dulverton on Exmoor. He has not yet been named.

In Herefordshire the search for farmer William Mason, 62, who disappeared after going out on a tractor to move cattle to higher ground close to the River Wye has been called off.

Police searching for a man who fell into the River Rhondda at Treorchy, Glamorgan, recovered the body of a 25-year-old man from the river in Cardiff.

Insurance experts are estimating it will cost up to £400m to repair the damage caused by the extreme weather conditions.

Insurance assessor Jeffrey Salmon says premiums could jump steeply for those living near rivers

Insurance assessor Jeffrey Salmon reckons those living near rivers could face stiff increases in their premiums.The increases could be as much as 30%.

In Wales a vicar's wife was saved after passers-by spotted her car's courtesy light flashing on and off at Llangathen, Carmarthenshire.

She had managed to get out of the car but was swept along a flooded road.

Road death

A teenager was killed in Cumbria after the car he was driving careered off a country road and crashed through a fence.

But police at Askam-in-Furness said it was too early to say if the accident in which 17-year-old Gareth Sowerby died was related to the storms.

Heavy rain has hit the western side of the UK

In Lancashire a group of cadets attempting to complete part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme were rescued after becoming stranded on high ground.

Emergency services were called to hills near Chorley and three of the group were airlifted to safety.

The extreme weather conditions have caused severe disruption.

Thousands of acres of farmland were under water in South Wales and 400 people between Cardiganshire to Monmouthshire were forced to leave their homes.

A number of families were also moved in Northern Ireland when the River Berndennett burst its banks.

The weather brought chaos to many roads in Wales, the Midlands and the South West, which were closed because of flooding or fallen trees.

Rainfall and wind speeds are expected to drop on Sunday with drier and brighter conditions spreading from the west.

Environment Agency details of flood alerts are available on 0645 0645 333111.