Roads are closed and a leisure centre is shut following heavy rain on Thursday.
Part of Thorpe Meadows, near Narborough station, was flooded on Friday morningRoads were flooded across the county on Thursday and residents in some parts were urged to "move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety".
Enderby Leisure and Golf Centre was forced to close after suffering "extensive flood damage" and will be shut until further notice. Some roads were closed on Friday due to flooding, including the A6 in Oadby and Slash Lane in Sileby.Some roads were closed on Friday due to flooding, including the A6 in Oadby and Slash Lane in Sileby.The heavy rainfall came after the Met Office issued yellow and amber weather warnings covering the East Midlands.
Phil Morrish, a local weather expert, said some parts of the county saw between 30mm and 75mm of rainfall on Thursday.Sileby Volunteer Flood WardensLeicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said it received about 40 weather related calls "in a couple of hours" on Thursday night. The Environment Agency had issued three flood alerts for the Leicester area but only one - for Braunstone Town - remained in place at 09:35 BST on Friday.
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