Dramatic video shows scale of flash flooding in south east England

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Parts of Britain have been struck by flash floods after some areas saw more than a month’s worth of rain in 24 hours.
Heavy rainfall has seen parts of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and London submerged causing widespread travel disruption and damage to properties.
According to the Environment Agency, at least 45 properties have flooded across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Kent and the Home Counties.
As of 11.45am, 17 flood warnings - meaning flooding is expected - were issued for England by the Environment Agency.
Areas affected by the flood warnings include Childswickham in Worcestershire, Leighton Buzzard and Luton in Bedfordshire and parts of London including South Ruislip.
National Highways confirmed the A421 in Bedfordshire was closed in both directions between A6 Bedford and M1 J13 near Marston Moretaine due to flooding. Bedfordshire Police said it had closed off part of Dunstable High Street due to “substantial flooding”, with footage shared on social media showing cars battling high water around the Saracen’s Head pub.
AFC Wimbledon and Newcastle’s Carabao Cup third-round meeting on Tuesday has been called off due to “extensive overnight flooding” at the Cherry Red Records Stadium.
The Dons’ stadium, which also appears to have a sinkhole in the pitch, is now closed as a result, with a rescheduled date for the tie yet to be confirmed.
Rain warnings were in place all weekend with a fresh yellow alert coming into effect at midnight to last all of Monday, covering parts of Wales, much of the south of England, the Midlands and into north-west England and Yorkshire.
An amber warning came into force at 5am and will last until 11.59pm.
It initially covered Worcester, Birmingham, Nottingham and Hull but an update from the Met Office said the warning area had shifted further south and southwest. This includes Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Buckinghamshire.
Some affected areas will see 60-80mm of rain through Monday - while a few places could see in excess of 120mm, the Met Office said.
Forecasters also said there may be more warnings in the week ahead.
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@markdevlin8471 2 күн бұрын

" You can't park there , mate.."

@JaSon-wc4pn Күн бұрын

No hose pipe ban then ?

@dalebrown325 Күн бұрын

Have they tried jailing the people warning about this sort of stuff? That makes it it go away doesn’t it?

@AlOh-2 2 күн бұрын

Looks like the flooding at the beginning. Was caused by the local council failing to clean and maintain their drains. Why else would they have sent 4 trucks that clean drains. Unless the council drains were blocked. 😉

@ftroop2000 Күн бұрын

Same in most places around the country. People taking these jobs in councils are clueless and loads on the take. It's a popularity contest Labour run one's are by far the worst for it.

@simonsmith707 Күн бұрын

There are water activated pumps in the drainage system for this underpass, but doubt they could cope with what was probably several months worth of rain in a few hours, plus all the run off from the fields

@rosscol1164 Күн бұрын

The south east?? Bedford and Northampton??!!!!

@lolzlarkin3059 20 сағат бұрын

South of Watford gap..

@davidt9339 2 күн бұрын

Oh no it rained, fix the drains

@jasonallen6081 15 сағат бұрын

The drains work fine. There's just too much water for them to deal with

@sf2942 8 сағат бұрын

@@jasonallen6081not correct .too much building nearby has caused this . apparently developers told about this but people don't listen

@jasonallen6081 8 сағат бұрын

@sf2942 what do you mean " not correct"? There are thousands of flooded houses in the south of England and you can't see past a small stretch of road. Type in "floods UK " add any year, and you will see footage of flooding in pretty much every part of the UK. We're tormented by them every year. We've ruined the natural drainage of the land with hundreds of years of civil engineering works and over efficient drainage of the Moorlands. If we have a wet autumn and winter, we are going to have yet more flooding, costing millions more to fix. Usually in the run up to Christmas.

@Phillip-p1e 2 күн бұрын

Mother nature,, she's a single woman, don't mess with her , she'll come for you and when she does you'd better be ready ,ooh yeah leave your umbrellas at home it's tooo late.....

@steveholloway1963 19 минут бұрын

Building a road in a flood plain then blaming the weather LOL

@cindyvillagechick514 Күн бұрын

How on earth did that car get caught in the dip in the road? Did they try to drive through it, or were they parked there? How?

@H457-o8x Күн бұрын

The boats coming over are causing to much water displacement. (I don’t actually believe this)

@Seekingsophia00 2 күн бұрын

Let's not get to the root of the problem as to why these flash floods are happening; ya know, correct drainage systems, which are regularly maintained - just blame climate change.

@cindyvillagechick514 Күн бұрын

And weather manipulation

@jasonallen6081 15 сағат бұрын

There's too much water coming from the higher ground far too quickly.

@sterlingarcher4989 2 күн бұрын

People in Thailand must think we're bonkers - try dealing with your entire town being washed away.

@FredScuttle456 2 күн бұрын

The BBC blames Brexit. (I've edited the comment. Some people didn't get the joke about Starmer blaming the far right.)

@alansmith4748 2 күн бұрын

When did he blame the far right for this?

@tentringer4065 2 күн бұрын

I think that's what passes as wit amongst the far right.

@FredScuttle456 Күн бұрын

@@alansmith4748 Sorry, I've edited the wording.

@tentringer4065 Күн бұрын

@@FredScuttle456 it was funnier the first time.

@FredScuttle456 Күн бұрын

@@tentringer4065 I thought so too, but I don't want to needlessly upset people who are timid and fragile. If soy-fed people are traumatised by my first comment, I'll happily tone it down.

@Annabelle66633 7 сағат бұрын

RIP car 🚗

@michaelsrowland 2 күн бұрын

Time for starmer to fire his environment secretary

@nealprice6262 2 күн бұрын

I thought this was on the tools

@ram64man Күн бұрын

Send post 10 blocked drain on underpass due yo council failure yo clean drains result , send in the sub

@peterbloom9644 2 күн бұрын

Bloody immigrants coming over here with their floods

@shanuakhter5021 21 сағат бұрын

This much knowledge you have in your brain.

@Daisy-tl2lh Күн бұрын

how long is it since the local councils did any maintenance / clearing of the drains in your area ... in mine none however I live on the coast where Southern Water willy nilly discharges all effluent into the sea