UK flooding map live as Environment Agency issues warnings amid month's worth of rain

Much of the state is bracing for imaginable flooding nightmares arsenic a month's worthy of rainfall is acceptable to autumn today, with roads and underpasses near underwater and homes astatine risk

A immense swathe of the state is facing severe flood warnings arsenic a month’s worthy of rainfall is forecast, with homes and businesses bracing for imaginable flooding nightmares.

An amber informing for rain came into unit astatine 5am this greeting and volition past until 9pm tonight, covering Worcester, Birmingham, Nottingham and Hull. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Police has already closed respective roads contiguous owing to “substantial” flooding overnight.

Terrifying footage shared connected societal media showed cars already underwater successful Dunstable and Luton, with much rainfall yet to fall. In Wallington, a operator was rescued from his car wrong a flooded underpass by occurrence crews.

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Environment Agency flood work manager Sarah Cook warned the state faces spot flooding and question disruption today. She said: “Persistent dense rainfall and thunderstorms could pb to important aboveground h2o flooding connected Monday crossed parts of England.

“The impacts could see localised flooding successful municipality areas and fast-responding catchments, including immoderate spot flooding arsenic good arsenic question disruption. The hazard from stream flooding remains low.

“Environment Agency teams are retired connected the crushed and acceptable to enactment section authorities successful responding to aboveground h2o flooding. We impulse radical to program their journeys carefully, travel the proposal of section exigency services connected the roads and not to thrust done flood h2o – it is often deeper than it looks and conscionable 30cm of flowing h2o is capable to interval your car.”

In London, commuters could conflict this greeting arsenic the Metropolitan Line, Piccadilly Line, and District Line person each been impacted by flooding. At slightest 3 schools person been forced to unopen successful Gloucestershire aft h2o poured into buildings connected Friday.

Pictures amusement cars submerged and businesses washed retired by the incessant flooding, with immoderate facing "heartbreaking" damage. Residents person been advised to debar the country and motorists told to find alternate routes.

In Dunstable, motorists saw roads closed by rising floodwaters, leaving immoderate stranded aft attempting to transverse the heavy excavation spreading crossed a large route, Luton Road, done the town. Images amusement a transportation van and what appears to beryllium a household conveyance stuck successful the mediate of the heavy excavation of water.

Dunstable Councillor Louise O’Riordan said: “My bosom is breaking for each of those residents and businesses affected by the unusually dense rainfall today. I truly don’t cognize what I tin bash to assistance but delight inquire if you deliberation I can."

Ten flood warnings are presently successful spot successful the UK, with different 72 alerts arsenic Brits are warned to instrumentality precautions. A yellowish informing for rainfall is besides successful place, covering parts of Wales, overmuch of the southbound of England, the Midlands and into north-west England and Yorkshire.

Regions and section authorities affected by the amber warning

East Midlands

• Northamptonshire

East of England

• Bedford

• Cambridgeshire

• Central Bedfordshire

• Hertfordshire

• Luton

London & South East England

• Bracknell Forest

• Buckinghamshire

• Hampshire

• Milton Keynes

• Oxfordshire

• Reading

• West Berkshire

• Windsor and Maidenhead

• Wokingham

South West England

• Bath and North East Somerset

• Bristol

• Gloucestershire

• North Somerset

• South Gloucestershire

• Swindon

• Wiltshire

West Midlands

• Warwickshire

• Worcestershire

Regions and section authorities affected by the yellowish warning

East Midlands

• Derby

• Derbyshire

• Leicester

• Leicestershire

• Lincolnshire

• Northamptonshire

• Nottingham

• Nottinghamshire

• Rutland

East of England

• Bedford

• Cambridgeshire

• Central Bedfordshire

• Essex

• Hertfordshire

• Luton

• Norfolk

• Peterborough

• Southend-on-Sea

• Suffolk

• Thurrock

London & South East England

• Bracknell Forest

• Brighton and Hove

• Buckinghamshire

• East Sussex

• Greater London

• Hampshire

• Isle of Wight

• Kent

• Medway

• Milton Keynes

• Oxfordshire

• Portsmouth

• Reading

• Slough

• Southampton

• Surrey

• West Berkshire

• West Sussex

• Windsor and Maidenhead

• Wokingham

North East England

• Darlington

• Durham

• Hartlepool

• Middlesbrough

• Redcar and Cleveland

• Stockton-on-Tees

North West England

• Blackburn with Darwen

• Cheshire East

• Cheshire West and Chester

• Greater Manchester

• Halton

• Lancashire

• Merseyside

• Warrington

South West England

• Bath and North East Somerset

• Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole

• Bristol

• Devon

• Dorset

• Gloucestershire

• North Somerset

• Somerset

• South Gloucestershire

• Swindon

• Wiltshire

Wales

• Blaenau Gwent

• Bridgend

• Caerphilly

• Cardiff

• Carmarthenshire

• Ceredigion

• Conwy

• Denbighshire

• Flintshire

• Gwynedd

• Merthyr Tydfil

• Monmouthshire

• Neath Port Talbot

• Newport

• Powys

• Rhondda Cynon Taf

• Swansea

• Torfaen

• Vale of Glamorgan

• Wrexham

West Midlands

• Herefordshire

• Shropshire

• Staffordshire

• Stoke-on-Trent

• Telford and Wrekin

• Warwickshire

• West Midlands Conurbation

• Worcestershire

Yorkshire & Humber

• East Riding of Yorkshire

• Kingston upon Hull

• North East Lincolnshire

• North Lincolnshire

• North Yorkshire

• South Yorkshire

• West Yorkshire

• York