FLOODING was reported

across the county overnight and this morning after prolonged heavy rain.

But the worst hit place

was Ashbourne where a number of residents were evacuated or forced upstairs in

their houses after the River Henmore burst its banks.

Firefighters were

called in from Buxton and Kingsway, in Derby,

to help pump out the cellar at the Berrisford Arms in in King Edward Street

and properties in School Lane,

Green Lane and

Cooper’s Gardens.

 More flooding was

reported in Fenny Bentley and localised flooding in Mickleover led to an

elderly man having to leave his home.

 There was also

flooding at Etwall, Hatton, Stenson, Findern and Newton Solney.

 A watch was being kept on a

number of Derbyshire rivers.

 The River Wye

burst its banks at Ashford in the Water and the river Amber at South Wingfield was just two feet below flood

level by mid-morning.

 The River Derwent

in Matlock was five feet below the bank at 9.30am and four feet below the

bridge in Derwent Stret, Derby.

 Surface water on

the A38 led to a collision between four vehicles at about 3am.

 No-one was hurt

but the road remained closed until after 8am.

 Weather

forecasters have warned that there is more rain to come and the Environment

Agency  issued two severe flood warnings, the highest level of flood

alert, for the River Wye from Buxton to Rowsley.

 For more details see

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/floodwarning/Midlands.html