Cars and rail lines submerged as flood risk persists

Heavy rainfall has caused question disruption successful England, with roads closed and obstruction services cancelled owed to floodwaters.

Water reached up to the windows of abandoned cars successful Birmingham, portion submerged obstruction lines caused cancellations retired of London and successful Shropshire.

The M5 was earlier re-opened aft being unopen owed to "significant" flooding that near motorists stranded. Officials accidental the A421 successful Bedfordshire could instrumentality weeks to reopen aft days of torrential rain.

More rainfall is forecast for Sunday, posing the hazard of further flooding into adjacent week.

Some areas have seen up to 4 times their mean monthly rainfall this week, leaving the crushed and waterways saturated.

There were 59 flood warnings successful spot crossed England arsenic of 16:30 BST, meaning flooding is expected successful those areas.

People were rescued aft being stranded connected the M5 overnight. The motorway has present reopened betwixt junctions 14 and 16 adjacent Bristol.

In Birmingham, a antheral had to beryllium rescued by constabulary erstwhile his car became submerged successful floodwaters connected Thursday evening. Another became stranded successful adjacent Stourbridge.

All services betwixt Shrewsbury successful Shropshire and Wolverhampton were cancelled aft obstruction lines became wholly submerged astatine Wellington station.

Rail steadfast LNER said flooding whitethorn origin ongoing delays to services to and from London King's Cross and Peterborough.

In Oxfordshire, flooding near roads submerged and blocked obstruction lines moving betwixt Bicester North and Banbury.

Residents person besides been evacuated aft the River Ock burst its banks.

It is not the archetypal stream to bash truthful this week. Rising stream levels person seen homes flood adjacent the Great River Ouse successful Bedfordshire.

Areas successful the northbound of England person seen the astir rain, with with Flyingdales, North Yorkshire seeing 1 months' worthy of rainfall (81mm, 3.2in) successful 2 days.

The rainfall implicit the past fewer days adds to what has been an unusually bedewed September for parts of confederate England.

In Woburn, Bedfordshire, determination has been 4 times arsenic overmuch rainfall than is accustomed for the clip of year, making this September the wettest period ever recorded successful the town.

Saturday is expected to beryllium drier, but much rainfall is forecast to get connected Sunday.

While it is not anticipated to beryllium a lot, the crushed is inactive expected to beryllium saturated from earlier rainfall, posing a further hazard of flooding.

After a week of yellowish upwind warnings for rain, the Met Office has issued 1 for upwind for Sunday.

Coastal areas whitethorn spot ample waves and h2o overtopping with immoderate disruption to transport networks.