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Emergency services in England and Wales have been inundated with requests for help after heavy rains fell in the UK.
A yellow meteorological warning from the Met Office for rain was extended from East Anglia, through Leicester, parts of Birmingham and north London, and into central Wales and Cornwall, and remained in place until 2am Thursday .
The BBC reported that the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service received 500 calls for help on Wednesday as downpours hit many parts of the country.
The Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service said it had handled more than 250 flood calls, with several properties flooded and several people rescued from their vehicles stranded.
The Environment Agency (EA) had issued more than 90 flood warnings for England as of 5am on Thursday, including 16 warnings related to the River Severn on the border with Wales.
Other areas covered by flood warnings included part of the Great River Ouse and the Chediston Watercourse in Suffolk.
Natural Resources Wales issued another nine flood warnings.
The Environment Agency also issued another 149 flood alerts, warning of potential flooding and urging preparedness.
Nottinghamshire police said emergency services had been called in for a report of a landslide near some houses near a former quarry at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday.
The force said a “small number” of properties had been evacuated, and that police, fire and ambulance services, along with Mansfield district council officials, were dispatched to the site at Bank End Close in Mansfield to conduct assessments. of security.
According to a gauge from Natural Resources Wales, 60.4mm of rain fell in 13 hours at Trevethin Reservoir in South Wales on Wednesday.
Nearly 45mm of rain was also detected in Corby, Northamptonshire, in the same period, according to figures from the Environment Agency.
Heavy rains caused travel disruptions, with many areas, including Cardiff, reporting surface water on roads.
Alex Burkill, Meteorologist at the Met Office, told PA Media news agency: “There has been a lot of wet weather around, we have had heavy rain over much of England and Wales, particularly in South Wales, but also more al this.
“Most of the places in England and Wales have been very humid and we’ve seen strong winds too, there have been some gales in the exposed parts so it’s really quite unpleasant.”
He said the rains would stop overnight until Christmas Eve.
“The humid weather that has overtaken us at the moment, everything will clear to the southeast as we go into the night, so by Christmas Eve we will have a lot of good weather around, with lots of sun and a cold north current” .
