By Maizie Booth
Heavy downpours and melting snow caused flooding throughout Nottinghamshire on Monday, leading to severe disruption of roads and public transport.
By midday (January 6) the worst of forecast heavy rain had passed, but flood alerts remain in place for the length of the River Trent and many roads across the county are still blocked.
Trains and buses are affected, and East Midlands Railway posted on X saying: “Heavy flooding continues to disrupt services across our network…Flooding is also affecting our ability to run rail replacement buses.”
At midday the A52 remained closed Eastbound between Ruddington and the Wheatcroft Island in Rushcliffe, and was down to one lane westbound between Radcliffe on Trent and Gamston due to flooding at the Bassingfield Lane Junction.
There are also reports of floods in Lowdham, Oxton, Lambley and Burton Joyce.
Nottingham city transport says flooding is affecting the bus routes South Notts 1, Lilac 26, Navy 49 and Sky Blue 61. The transport operator is updating periodically on X when routes are continuing and if they are diverting.
The Met Office has now lifted an Amber weather warning for heavy rain and snow, which had been place following a weekend of snow and freezing rain.
The forecaster now says the afternoon should be largely dry, and the week is due to become sunnier but remain cold with highs of three degrees Celsius.
Some of the areas still under the more severe ‘flood warning’ include the area of the River Smite at Aslockton and Whatton, the River Meden at Pleasley, and sections of the River Erewash at Long Eaton and Stapleford.
