Dramatic footage shows how a market town has been left 'looking like a beach' after heavy rainfall washed away the road surface and businesses were hit by flooding.
Pavements were torn up and parts of the road surface was washed away to leave behind sand while several businesses were flooded during heavy rainfall. The road was destroyed as water ‘got underneath the block paving’ and then ‘washed the sand down the street, blocking the drains and causing the water to build up at the bottom, flooding the businesses down there’.
It has left behind what looks like a beach. We had something like 50mm of rain in an hour. Several businesses, on Brookend Street, confirmed they had been forced to close their doors due to the flood damage. Areas of the road have been closed off, as parts of the walkways and roads are deemed unsafe. 33 flood alerts and 1 flood warning are currently in place across the UK.
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