A motorist had to swim to safety after heavy rain deluged parts of the district.

The female driver was caught in flood water on Heslaker Lane, Carleton, when she had to swim to safety on Wednesday night.

Police say the water reached the windscreen and, amid fears the car was being washed away, the driver clambered out and swam to safety.

And firefighters used water rescue equipment to save a woman trapped in a car stuck in floodwater on Brackenley Lane, Embsay, Crews also pumped out four feet of floodwater from three properties on Bold Venture Street, Skipton.

* See tomorrow’s T&A for a full weather round-up.