Flash floods: Disruption amid heavy rain in parts of Hampshire

Torrential downpours have led to flooding and halted train services in and around Botley in Hampshire.

Flooding on the Portsmouth bound line between Eastleigh and Fareham led to trains being stopped.

Services have restarted but South Western Railway warned there could be delays.

A flood warning, after heavy rain hit the area overnight, is no longer in force, the Environment Agency said. But a flood alert remains in place.

The intense rainfall saw the River Hamble reach 1.63m (5.3ft), its highest recorded level on Monday at 20:15 BST.

The highest level on record was previously 1.37m (4.5ft) on 23 June 2016.

Shops at Botley Mills have been forced to close due to flooding.

Posting on its Facebook page, Botley Mills Country Store said: "We will be closed this morning due to last night's flood.

"We'll try and be open after lunch after we've cleaned up a bit."

After visiting residents in Allington Lane and businesses in Fair Oak on Monday evening, Conservative MP for Eastleigh, Paul Holmes, said he had arranged further supplies of sandbags to help those who had "suffered terrible flooding".

The Environment Agency said more than a month of rain (74mm) had been fallen in 24 hours at Bishop's Waltham.

It advised people to "avoid the river banks as water will be deep, fast flowing and much more dangerous than normal".

"Along the length of the River Hamble, significant residual flood impacts to land and some roads will continue over the next 12 hours," the agency added.

"The situation will improve hour by hour, but the river is unlikely to return to a more typical level until later on this evening."

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