Police are warning drivers in South Cheshire after heavy rain from Storm Bert combined with thawing snow and ice have brought flooding to many routes.
Some rural routes like Wrinehill Road in Wybunbury (pictured) are barely passable and police are advising drivers not to risk driving through flood waters.
Bosses at Reaseheath College have been forced to cancel their annual Family Festival next month.
The event, which attracts thousands to the campus in Nantwich each year, was due to take place on Sunday May 12.
A Nantwich resident has blasted Cheshire East Council for failing to publish its investigation into a serious flooding event – more than four years ago!
Trevor Evans was one of a number of residents and businesses who suffered when River Weaver burst its banks in October 2019 after days of torrential rain.
A Nantwich town councillor is bidding to set up a steering group to help tackle issues around the River Weaver such as flooding and pollution.
Cllr Anna Burton hopes the group will speak with “one voice” and act as a pressure group to ensure action is taken to help prevent future incidents.
Heavy rainfall for the past 24 hours from Storm Henk has caused localised flooding across South Cheshire.
A number of busy routes have been affected, including this flooding on A529 between Nantwich and Audlem.
A number of busy roads around Nantwich have been closed due to flooding caused by torrential rain from Storm Babet.
The A51 at Blue Stone Lights to Four Lane Ends at A49 is shut.
Cheshire East Council bosses say they are committed to tackling flooding in communities despite criticism from local MPs who accuse the authority of failing to take action.
A council report says future planning applications will adopt ‘best practice’ to surface water reduction and management.
During extreme weather, your property is at high risk of water damage and, depending on its location, flooding.
Both can make your home an unsafe environment, ruin your possessions and property, and put your health at risk if not cleaned up properly.
Motorists could face major delays this week as scheduled and emergency works take place on two sections of the A530 between Nantwich and Middlewich.
A burst water main on the Middlewich Road stretch between the Alvaston roundabout and Colleys Lane has caused significant damage to the road today (April 24).
Flooding problems plaguing a Nantwich allotments site is likely to be being caused by a school field, a report states.
Allotment holders at the Brookfield site have been hit by floods over a number of years, with the worst occurring in January after Storm Christoph.
Crewe & Nantwich MP Kieran Mullan has called on Cheshire East Council to speed up a funding scheme to help residents hit by flooding.
Government grants of between £500 and £5,000 have been available since November for householders affected by flooding.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Councillors in Cheshire East are again calling for action to clear blocked gullies – claiming their regular reports of problems are falling on deaf ears.
Cheshire East Council has stepped up efforts to clear gullies following the major flooding which first hit the borough last summer – with an extra two gully emptying machines being used.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Residents in parts of rural South Cheshire hit by repeat flooding since October fear they are being ignored by Cheshire East Council.
The area was hit by heavy rain throughout the autumn, but drainage is still struggling to cope with blocked gullies leaving nowhere for surface water running from farmland to travel.
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