Parts of Yorkshire and the Midlands are waking up to their wettest day in years, with flooding and home evacuations having continued overnight.After regions were hit with traffic chaos amid road closures yesterday, more of the same was expected for several areas in the Friday morning rush hour after the deluge continued for much of the night.A total of 116 flood warnings remain in place, mostly in Yorkshire, a Met Office spokesman said. Rail operator Northern has issued 'do not travel' advice for passengers using five lines on its network hit by the deluge.The lines involved are between Sheffield and Gainsborough, Sheffield and Lincoln, Sheffield and Goole, Hebden Bridge and Rochdale, and the line from Sheffield to Leeds via Moorthorpe.The Met Office has predicted the flooding rains will clear and move south-east by lunchtime, but many flood warnings are expected to remain in place for the next few days.Yesterday, 35 homes were evacuated as a precaution in Mansfield after a mudslide in the area, while hundreds of people were kept inside Meadowhall Shopping centre near Sheffield due to gridlocked traffic outside. People were forced to spend the night at Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield following severe flooding overnight People are picture in sleeping bags overnight after the severe flooding surrounded Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield A car sits in floodwater near Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield today where people were forced to stay overnight A police officer mans a roadblock near Meadowhall in Sheffield today after some people were forced to stay overnight A sign shows cancelled trains at a station close to the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield early this morning South Yorkshire Police said there had been 'significant issues' in Doncaster, with Bentley, Toll Bar and Scawthorpe the worst affected areas.Police were also called to the Parkgate Shopping Park in Rotherham last night, amid reports shoppers were trapped inside due to flood waters.South Yorkshire Police tweeted that they were working to move 'a number of people' who were stranded in the complex to 'a place of safety'. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 2 Next Harry Dunn, 19, had to wait 43 minutes for paramedics... Defender of sex fantasist 'Nick', the scourge of a free... National security specialist Fiona Hill blasts ambassador... Carry on Writing! Unseen letters from Kenneth Williams to... Residents are evacuated as raging flood waters swamp homes... Share this article Share The highest rainfall in the country yesterday was recorded at Swineshaw in the Peak District, which had 112 millimetres in the 24 hours to 2am.'There were a lot of other places that had 80 millilitres or more, especially in Yorkshire,' a Met Office spokesman said.'The rains should clear by lunchtime, with a fine weekend ahead, but the flood warnings will stay in place for quite a while.' Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield was put on lockdown overnight after al
Trapped shoppers spend night in Sheffield's Meadowhall shopping centre
Parts of Yorkshire and the Midlands are waking up to their wettest day in years, with flooding and home evacuations having continued overnight.After regions were hit with traffic chaos amid road closures yesterday, more of the same was expected for several areas in the Friday morning rush hour after the deluge continued for much of the night.A total of 116 flood warnings remain in place, mostly in Yorkshire, a Met Office spokesman said. Rail operator Northern has issued 'do not travel' advice for passengers using five lines on its network hit by the deluge.The lines involved are between Sheffield and Gainsborough, Sheffield and Lincoln, Sheffield and Goole, Hebden Bridge and Rochdale, and the line from Sheffield to Leeds via Moorthorpe.The Met Office has predicted the flooding rains will clear and move south-east by lunchtime, but many flood warnings are expected to remain in place for the next few days.Yesterday, 35 homes were evacuated as a precaution in Mansfield after a mudslide in the area, while hundreds of people were kept inside Meadowhall Shopping centre near Sheffield due to gridlocked traffic outside. People were forced to spend the night at Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield following severe flooding overnight People are picture in sleeping bags overnight after the severe flooding surrounded Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield A car sits in floodwater near Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield today where people were forced to stay overnight A police officer mans a roadblock near Meadowhall in Sheffield today after some people were forced to stay overnight A sign shows cancelled trains at a station close to the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield early this morning South Yorkshire Police said there had been 'significant issues' in Doncaster, with Bentley, Toll Bar and Scawthorpe the worst affected areas.Police were also called to the Parkgate Shopping Park in Rotherham last night, amid reports shoppers were trapped inside due to flood waters.South Yorkshire Police tweeted that they were working to move 'a number of people' who were stranded in the complex to 'a place of safety'. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 2 Next Harry Dunn, 19, had to wait 43 minutes for paramedics... Defender of sex fantasist 'Nick', the scourge of a free... National security specialist Fiona Hill blasts ambassador... Carry on Writing! Unseen letters from Kenneth Williams to... Residents are evacuated as raging flood waters swamp homes... Share this article Share The highest rainfall in the country yesterday was recorded at Swineshaw in the Peak District, which had 112 millimetres in the 24 hours to 2am.'There were a lot of other places that had 80 millilitres or more, especially in Yorkshire,' a Met Office spokesman said.'The rains should clear by lunchtime, with a fine weekend ahead, but the flood warnings will stay in place for quite a while.' Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield was put on lockdown overnight after al
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