Flooding has returned to the UK with parts of Hampshire experiencing high water levels and damaged defences yesterday afternoon.
The village of Wallington was evacuated by Fareham BC following a flood warning from the Environment Agency, but local councillors were hopeful the defences - which reportedly had cracks – would hold.
Elsewhere in the country, Northamptonshire had to halt train services because of flooding of several roads, and inter-city services between London and Birmingham were also distrupted.
More than 300 flood alerts remain in place within the UK, and particularly heavy rainfall is expected in the next few days across Cornwall, south east Wales, the Midlands and the north east.
The Highways Agency has said that major roadworks will be suspended until after the Christmas period at the beginning of Janaury, although essential works on the M4, M25 and M5 will continue.
The news comes as an Environment Agency report was published into the floods in November, which hit a newly built estate causing extensive damage.
The report claimed blocked culverts, ground gradients which prevented flood drainage, issues with the link road into the housing development, and saturated ground caused the damage which meant many had to abando their homes.
Denbighshire Council has responded to the report by issuing its own three-month independent inquiry into the flooding.
