The Met Office issued fresh amber and yellow weather warnings as large areas of the UK are still dealing with the fallout of days of flooding related to Storm Babet
A number of roads have been flooded in the Isle of White, with many unable to get to work , with the Met Office extending a new amber alert, warning flooding is “likely” – while the Isle of White has closed all of its train lines.The amber alert came into effect at 6am on Wednesday morning with no advance notice and was extended until 10am.
The weather has been so extreme there that some roads are reportedly impassable with drivers becoming stranded in deep water.Residents said they had been unable to get to work, with one saying the “island appears to have sunk over night”. A separate yellow weather warning for rain is also due to stay in place until 10am this morning for a huge stretch of southern England, from Canterbury to as far as west Wales – covering London, Exeter and Salisbury.
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