Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Floods set to cause travel chaos across England this morning

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Flood alerts are in place across England amid warnings that thunderstorms and heavy rain will cause travel disruption.

There were more than 70 alerts cautioning of possible flooding on Tuesday evening as the Met Office issued a weather warning for thunderstorms.

Flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected, were also in place for seven locations on Tuesday evening, including two in Bristol.

Other warnings were issued for Gog Brook in Warwick, Bunches Brook from Broadway to Childswickham in Worcestershire, and for low-lying properties near the River Brue and Glastonbury Millstream from Lovington to Highbridge in Somerset.

A warning was also issued for the B1040 Thorney to Whittlesey Road to the south of the River Nene near Peterborough.

On Tuesday evening, an MP warned that parts of Northumberland were experiencing “severe flooding” amid “extreme conditions”.

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