{"id":360,"date":"2025-01-01T20:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T20:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/?p=360"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:13:30","slug":"homes-flooded-after-storms-hit-the-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/finance\/homes-flooded-after-storms-hit-the-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Homes flooded after storms hit the United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Flood warnings have been issued across the United Kingdom as wind and rain hits parts of the country on the first day of 2025.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Severe rainfall through the night resulted in flooding in a number of areas across the country.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">People were trapped in their homes and work premises without running water, while others were rescued from cars stranded in floodwaters.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Some weather warnings for wind and ice remain in place for parts of the UK &#8211; and forecaster say temperatures will plummet overnight, with snow due to roll in over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Wednesday&#8217;s flooding and disruption came after New Year&#8217;s Eve events across the country were cancelled due to bad weather.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Around 90mm of rain has fallen widely across north west England over the last 24 hours with over 100mm recorded on some hills in north Wales and Cumbria.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">There are lane closures on several motorways and roads of north west England.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">In Cheshire, the banks of the Bridgewater Canal collapsed with water pouring into surrounding fields at Little Bollington.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Police said they were working to evacuate nearby properties, while the M56 westbound between junctions 6 and 7 were closed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The Environment Agency (EA) had issued 109 flood warnings in England, mostly concentrated in the North West.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; 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