Motorway submerged and train lines underwater as flash flooding hits UK

Yahoo UK Staff

27 September 2024 at 6:04 am

Tankers are brought in to remove flood water on the A421 near Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire on 27 September. (SWNS)

The A421 dual carriageway in Marston Mortaine remained closed on Friday 27 September as all lanes were still submerged underwater. (SWNS)

Flooding around St Ives in Cambridgeshire after the River Great Ouse burst its banks. (Getty)

Flooding at Wellington station in Shropshire after parts of England were lashed by heavy rain and flooding in the early hours of Friday, 27 September. (PA)

Flooding at Wellington which is affecting journeys between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton on Friday, 27 September. (PA(

Vehicles negotiate debris from a tree on the North Circular in London on 26 September. (Getty)

Traffic tries to pass as a road is flooded during a heavy downpour in Northwood, north west London. (PA)

Flooding at the SEAH Stadium, home to Telford United, in Wellington, Shropshire. (PA)

Waves crash against the lighthouse in Seaham Harbour, County Durham on 27 September. (PA)

Cows stranded in a flooded field on the River Anker, near Nuneaton earlier this week after heavy rain caused rivers to burst their banks. (SWNS)

Floods near Oxford, these are pictures of the river Cherwell just north of Oxford city after heavy rain.

Vehicles drive through a flooded Henbury Ford in Bristol as a weather warning has been issued for heavy rainfall.

An aerial view as traffic passes along a road bridge over the flooded A421 dual carriageway earlier this week in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. (Getty)

Commuters and motorists endured cancellations and huge delays on Friday as more heavy rain left train lines under several inches of water and motorways unuseable due to flash flooding.

Images from Gloucestershire on Friday morning showed an empty section of the M5 motorway, which was left submerged after an intense downfall in the south-west on Thursday.

A number of train lines across England were also affected, with rail services in Shropshire and the West Midlands most affected as some stations and lines were left underwater.

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