Chippenham town centre under water after Storm Bert floods wreak havoc

The Wiltshire municipality of Chippenham remains nether h2o contiguous arsenic businesses and residents conflict to header with the flood water. Roads and schools are closed arsenic exigency crews get to work

A municipality centre remains nether h2o contiguous aft being battered by Storm Bert implicit the weekend.

Chippenham is inactive battling the flood h2o aft the River Conwy struggled to header with rainfall. The devastating weather lawsuit near 5 radical dead.

In the Wiltshire town, The Bridge, High Street, Bridge Centre Roundabout, Avenue La Fleche and galore different roads are submerged, with vehicles stranded successful the heavy water.

Emergency crews are successful the municipality centre, helping residents and concern owners, successful the Wiltshire town. Schools successful the municipality are besides closed.

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A Wiltshire Police spokesperson said: “Chippenham municipality centre is unpassable owed to the stream Avon bursting its banks. The Bridge centre roundabout is flooded and besides unpassable.”

“Lacock The Wharf, span flooded. Sutton Benger to Christian Malford flooded and blocked by abandoned vehicles. Holt to BOA flooded and unpassable. B3109 Corsham to BOA closed from Fiveways junction.

“Most insignificant roads person heavy lasting water, delight thrust carefully.”

Across England and Wales, astir 200 flood alerts stay successful spot with question chaos expected to continue. Rail passengers person been urged not to question connected immoderate lines aft trees fell and damaged electrical overhead wires with large disruption expected into the afternoon.

Homes were submerged nether water, roads became raging rivers and winds battered parts of Britain with speeds of up to 82mph. While the past of the rainfall warnings from the Met Office ended astatine 11.59pm connected Sunday, beardown winds are acceptable to proceed and rainfall from precocious crushed is expected to scope rivers, which could hamper clean-up efforts.

South Wales was deed hard by Storm Bert with a large incidental declared successful the Rhondda Cynon Taf portion amid fears that Bert would deed harder than Storm Dennis successful 2020.

Meanwhile, successful North Wales the hunt for a missing canine walker ended successful calamity arsenic a assemblage was recovered successful the hunt for Britan Perry, 75, who disappeared portion walking his canine connected Saturday adjacent the Afon Conwy stream during the storm.

Another man, successful his 80s, besides died aft his car entered h2o astatine a ford successful Colne, Lancashire, connected Saturday afternoon. It was unclear if the incidental was straight related to Storm Bert.

A pistillate besides successful her 80s was recovered from the h2o and remains successful infirmary wherever her information is described arsenic not beingness threatening.