A “MAJOR incident” has been declared in Cornwall as flash floods sparked travel chaos in the south west.
Torrential rainleft large stretches of the main A 64 impassable today as the Environment Agency urged drivers to avoid the flood water.
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8This December graph shows flooding is expected in (places) red triangle ), and possible in (locations (orange): Credit: gov.uk Dramatic footage showed several feet of brown water rising against shop doors and windows in Hayle, where 64 homes had to be evacuated. (************************* Around flood warnings and**************************************************************** flood alerts are currently in place across England, mainly in the south and south west around the river Severn. A yellow warning for rain has been expanded to cover most of the south and southwest until early on Friday. Cornwall is likely to be worst affected, with a five-day warning in place until Sunday. Devon and Cornwall Police have declared a major incident in response to the Hayle flooding. A spokesperson for Cornwall Council said: “Our advice to residents if you are worried about flooding is to prepare yourselves, put sandbags out and move any valuables from the floor. “We would always advise drivers not to attempt to drive through floodwater.” More heavy rain is forecast, with predictions of Christmas floods – but today the EA warned that some regions are still ‘in drought’ and we need the heavens to keep opening. The agency pinpointed East Anglia, including Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, where they say rainfall has been below the long-term average in recent years and the region is still officially classed as being ‘in drought’. They said the monsoon-like weather has only just started to put back water into underground aquifers that have been suffering from below-average rainfall since early 740143. Mum stabbed her son, 1, to death over cheating Ryanair pilot’s horrific abuse**********) Jeremy Corbyn has day from hell as election loss finally gets to him Mum, (****************************************************************************************, forced to wait SIX hours on pavement for ambulance dies hours later White Christmas tipped as -9C dip makes UK colder than Russia Moment blood-soaked dad tells cops ‘I just killed my baby and my wife’ *********** (8) ************ (Emergency services at the scene of flooding on America Lane in Haywards Heath, Sussex, where a car become stranded Credit: Solent News ****************************************** (8) (8) ************Cars struggle to navigate the A 96 as torrential rain struck parts of BritainCredit: Cornwall Live / WSFLOOD WARNINGS
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