Storm Christoph is heading for England today – with a string of flood alerts and warnings in place across the country, from the Midlands to further afield.
Birmingham and the Midlands will be hit by a downturn in weather today amid Met Office warnings, with forecasts suggesting as much as nine hours worth could fall on Tuesday alone.
Parts of Worcestershire have already raised flood barriers over the impending rainfall, which is predicted to batter the Midlands on January 19.
Torrential downpours are expected across the city and wider West Mids region as the city and surrounding area are soaked by pummelling rain.
Meteorologists have issued warnings and urged caution, amid a risk of localised flooding and the potential for communities to be cut off.
A ‘danger to life’ weather warning is in place across Birmingham from Tuesday until 3am Thursday.
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Flood warnings and alerts – full list:
Flood warnings
B1040 Thorney to Whittlesey Road to the South of the River Nene
Marchington Brook at Marchington
North Bank Road alongside the River Nene, east of Peterborough and west of Dog-in-a-Doublet Sluice
River Derwent at Buttercrambe Mill
River Ouse at Naburn Lock
River Ouse at York – riverside properties
River Sence from Temple Mill to Sheepy Magna
River Seven at Marton
River Witham and associated Fens from Chapel Hill to Boston
River Witham and associated Fens from Washingborough to Metheringham
River Witham and associated Fens from Woodhall Spa to Chapel Hill
River Wreake at Frisby-on-the-Wreake
River Wreake for mills at Hoby, Thrussington and Ratcliffe
Rolleston Brook and River Dove at Rolleston
Wood Brook and River Soar at Loughborough to the north of Derby Road
Flood alerts
Blackburn Brook
Bottle Brook in Derbyshire
Burstwick and Keyingham Drains
Earby Beck and Glusburn Beck
Earith Causeway in Cambridgeshire
East and West Glens
Groundwater flooding in the Candovers and Old Alresford
Hundred Foot Washes in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk
Little Ouse River and River Thet in Suffolk and Norfolk
Loughborough Urban Watercourses
Lower Derwent in Derbyshire
Lower Dove Brooks and Egginton Brook in Derbyshire
Lower Dove Brooks in Staffordshire
Lower Nene
Lower River Calder catchment
Lower River Cam in Cambridgeshire
Lower River Derwent
Lower River Don catchment
Lower River Douglas
Lower River Great Ouse in Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough and Cambridgeshire
Lower River Irwell catchment including areas in Greater Manchester
Lower River Lune and Conder
Lower River Ribble and Darwen
Lower River Soar in Leicestershire
Lower River Swale
Lower River Witham
Lower River Wyre
Low lying roads between Harrold and Oakley in Bedfordshire
Middle Nene
Middle River Aire catchment
Middle River Don
Middle River Great Ouse in Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire
Middle River Mersey catchment including areas near Bramhall, Stockport, Sale, Altrincham and Urmston
Minor Watercourses from Heighington to Dunston
North West Norfolk Rivers
River Alt, Formby to Huyton
River Amber in Derbyshire
River Anker and River Sence
River Blithe and River Swarbourn
River Bollin catchment, including Knutsford, Wilmslow, Macclesfield and Bollington
River Calder in east Lancashire
River Cherwell from Lower Heyford down to and including Oxford
River Churnet and River Tean
River Coln and its tributaries
River Colne, Holme and Fenay Beck
River Dane catchment including Kidsgrove, Sandbach, Congleton, Middlewich and Northeast Crewe
River Dearne catchment
River Devon and Smite in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire
River Ecclesbourne in Derbyshire
River Erewash in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
River Granta in Essex and Cambridgeshire
River Idle in Nottinghamshire
River Leam and River Itchen
River Leen and Day Brook in Nottinghamshire
River Lostock and River Yarrow
River Maun in Nottinghamshire
River Mease
River Meden in Nottinghamshire
River Mersey Uplands catchment including Hyde, Ashton-under-Lyne, Denton, Stalybridge and Glossop
River Nar in Norfolk
River Ray and its tributaries from Shipton Lee to and including Islip
River Rhee in Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire
River Rye catchment
River Sankey catchment with St Helens and Warrington
River Sence in Leicestershire
River Seven catchment
River Sheaf and Porter Brook
River Sow and River Penk
River Spen and Batley Beck catchments
River Thame and Chalgrove Brook
River Trent from Cromwell Weir to Gainsborough
River Trent in Derbyshire
River Trent in Nottinghamshire
River Trent Tributaries in Nottinghamshire
River Went catchment
River Windrush from Bourton to Newbridge
River Worth catchment
River Wreake in Leicestershire
River Wye in Derbyshire
River Wye in Herefordshire
Rothley Brook in Leicestershire
Ryton Oldcotes catchment
Severn Vyrnwy confluence
South Forty Foot Drain
Stoke Trent
Sutton Gault Causeway in Cambridgeshire
The Mardyke to the River Thames at Purfleet
The River Bure, Spixworth Beck and surrounding Becks
The River Burn from Southgate and Waterden to Burnham Thorpe
The River Glaven through Hunworth, Thornage and Letheringsett
The River Waveney from Diss and the River Dove to Ellingham, including Bungay
The tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne
The tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon Water
The tidal River Yare from Thorpe St Andrew to Breydon Water
Tidal River Ouse from Naburn Lock to Selby
Tidal River Ouse from Selby to Faxfleet
Tributaries of the lower River Witham from Blankney to Sleaford
Upper Derwent in Derbyshire
Upper River Aire
Upper River Calder catchment
Upper River Cam in Essex and Cambridgeshire
Upper River Derwent
Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water
Upper River Don catchment
Upper River Douglas
Upper River Irwell catchment with Oldham, Bolton, Rochdale, Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall
Upper River Ouse
Upper River Ribble, Hodder
Upper River Stour
Upper River Tamar
Upper River Wyre, Brock
Upper Soar catchment
Weaver catchment including Nantwich, Frodsham, Crewe, Winsford and Northwich
Welney Causeway in Norfolk
