The search for a man reported to have fallen into a flooded drainage dyke near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, has been called off.
Police divers searched the water course after a woman reported a man shouting for help but they found nothing. Nobody has so far been reported missing.
The Army has moved into the area to help shore up flood barriers along the River Don after it burst its banks.
Meanwhile, the M1 in South Yorkshire has reopened in both directions.
A stretch of the motorway was closed on Tuesday amid fears the Ulley reservoir near Rotherham would burst through its dam.
Army drafted in
On Wednesday evening police named the South Yorkshire pensioner who died after being caught in rising floodwater in Sheffield.
Peter Harding, aged 68, died on Monday when the floods started across the city.
As parts of South Yorkshire began a clean-up operation, hundreds of residents in the Toll Bar, Arksey and Almholme areas of Doncaster were moved from their homes by firefighters.
An RAF Chinook helicopter was being used to bring in 150 one-tonne bags of aggregate to help support the flood barrier at Bentley.
The helicopter, requested by the Environment Agency, made several trips carrying the bags slung underneath.
A spokeswoman from the EA said: "The volume of water behind the barrier and its nearby washlands is full to capacity."
Soldiers were drafted in to help firefighters shore up nearby Thorpe Marsh power station, which supplies electricity to the area and appeared to be in danger from the flood waters.
The power station boundary was protected with sandbags and an officer of the Royal Engineers said the situation was under control, with water only ankle deep.
Doncaster Council set up five rest centres providing food and shelter for the worst affected flood victims.
Meanwhile engineers continued to pump water out of the Ulley reservoir to reduce the pressure.
Power blackouts
They said the risk of a major breach had reduced overnight but it still remained "significant".
About 600 residents who had to leave four nearby villages were not expected to return home before Thursday morning.
However, beleaguered residents across South Yorkshire faced further disruption on Wednesday in the form of major power cuts.
In Sheffield, thousands of homes were still without power as the clean-up continued in the Brightside Lane and Winn Garden areas.
Those homes with electricity faced intermittent cuts as engineers worked on the system.
CE Electric said it had managed to restore power to 67,000 homes affected in the Yorkshire area.
Engineers are continuing to work on restoring supplies to the remaining 19,000 customers whose power was disrupted by torrential rain and flooding.
Some 3,000 customers were still without power in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, with Sheffield and Rotherham also badly affected, the company said.
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