Three children have died and two adults have been injured following a crash on a busy UK motorway.
West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said the three children - two boys and one girl - were travelling in a vehicle on the M6 that had crashed and overturned.
They suffered serious injuries and could not be saved, a spokesman said.
Two women who were also in the car were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.
The M6 motorway is closed both north and southbound between junction 14 and 15 after the incident.
Northbound traffic is being diverted, leaving at junction 14 and rejoining at junction 15 following the diversion, via the A34 and A500.
The accident came as flooding is again causing severe disruption across Britain, with many major road and rail routes blocked.
The situation is expected to worsen, in some areas, with heavy rain forecast during the day.
The worst affected areas will be southwest England and areas along the south coast from Cornwall to Kent, along with Wales and northern Scotland, areas which have already seen flooding in the last few days.
David Jordan, the UK Environment Agency's director of operations, said: "Although the rain is set to ease a little in the coming days, the ground is still very wet and river levels remain high, so we would ask people to keep up to date with the latest warnings and stay prepared for flooding."
The agency has issued 166 flood warnings across England and Wales, urging people to take immediate action against expected flooding.
It also has put 266 flood alerts in place, warning residents to be prepared.
Twelve flood warnings were issued in Scotland, along with seven flood alerts.
The EA said around 470 properties have flooded since Wednesday, while Floodline revealed it has received 18,000 calls during the recent wet weather.
In Devon and Cornwall, 245 properties flooded over the weekend and although a number of people were evacuated, most have now returned home.
Officials said the rivers Severn, Trent, Avon and Thames are at most risk of flooding.
Matt Dobson, a meteorologist for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "There will be showers sweeping from west to east across the UK today, and while they will not be as persistent as recent days, they will still be heavy.
"The ground is saturated after a good dose of rain yesterday, so the areas that have been hit by flooding won't welcome more with more local flooding certainly possible.
"Up to 10mm will fall in the worst affected areas such as Devon and Cornwall as well as Wales and southern coastal areas of Hampshire, Dorset, Kent and Sussex.
"But there will be bursts of sunshine between the showers.
"There will also be thunderstorms and lightening sweeping up over Dorset and brisk winds across the south-west."
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