The east and northeast of England were taking the brunt of the storms Saturday after southwestern England and Wales were pounded Friday, meteorologists said. Liscombe, in Somerset, was the wettest part of Britain, receiving 2 inches of rainfall.

Among Friday's victims were a 17-year-old girl who died after the four-wheel-drive vehicle in which she was riding overturned and plunged into a swollen river in Powys, Wales, The Times of London reported. The girl was visiting the Llyn Briane Reservoir area at the time.

Meanwhile, authorities said a man and a woman died when their car collided with a tree as they drove through torrential rain and high winds in Plymouth, England.

A severe flood warning was in effect Saturday for parts of Manchester, while hundreds of other flood warnings and watches covered other parts of England, The Daily Telegraph reported. Among the areas impacted in the north of England included the Peak District in Derbyshire.