The schoolgirl killed in a mudslide during this week’s torrential downpour has been identified as Leah Harrison.

Leah was caught in the disaster on Wednesday afternoon near the North York Moors National Park, police revealed. Emergency services responded to an urgent 999 call at 1:15 pm, rushing to the scene in Carlton-in-Cleveland.

Police confirmed that no other casualties occurred, and identified the victim as 11-year-old Leah, a student at Mount Pleasant Primary School in Darlington, Co. Durham.