Leicestershire Police are asking people to only travel if necessary after heavy rain floods roads.
Police have issued a travel safety warning after heavy rainfall across the county on Thursday eveningPolice are asking motorists to only travel "if absolutely necessary" after heavy rain led to flash flooding on roads.
Large amounts of surface water and a number of raised manhole covers were reported across Leicestershire on Thursday evening.Leicestershire Police said they were only attending calls where people needed rescuing or were at risk.Amin Omar said his garden in Oadby started filling with water about 30 minutes after the rain started.Mr Omar said the water had not reached inside his house but he was aware of neighbours whose homes had flooded.
, police said: "Many roads are flooding/have large amounts of surface water and we are having numerous calls about manhole covers raised.Torrential rain flooded streets in the Evington Road area of Leicester Oadby and Wigston Borough Council said: "We're aware of significant flooding in parts of the borough."We expect flooded areas will subside but there will be surface water."
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