Flooding Hits The South West
Heavy rain yesterday and overnight has led to flooding across the West. The Environment Agency has 12 flood warnings in place across the whole of the south west. Surface water is also making driving hazardous.
Heavy rainfall overnight
The Met Office has issued figures for the rainfall in the 12 hours between 7pm yesterday and 7am today
- Dunkeswell Aerodrome, Devon 49.6 mm
- Exeter Airport, Devon 42.8 mm
- Okehampton, Devon 42.2 mm
- Liscombe, Somerset 38.4 mm
- Plymouth, Mountbatten, Devon 29.2 mm
- Cardinham, Bodmin, Cornwall 27.4 mm
- Bude, Cornwall 25.4 mm
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