Flood warnings for East Midlands as Storm Christoph batters UK

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Published 20th Jan 2021

Warnings for heavy rain and floods are in force across the East Midlands as Storm Christoph continues to batter the country.

An amber weather warning for most of our region is in force until 6am on Thursday.

The Met Office is warning of some potential flooding and power cuts caused by the heavy rain.

The warnings of heavy rain have also triggered a number of flood warnings and alerts from the Environment Agency across the East Midlands.

They're warning that heavy rain combined with high river levels could cause flooding in places over the next few days.

The latest flood alerts and warnings for your area can be found here.

Local fire services have been reminding people of the dangers of driving through floodwater. Yesterday morning Leicestershire Fire and Rescue said they were called out to several vehicles in difficulty.

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