Market Rasen: Houses flooded after heavy rain hits Lincolnshire

Homes have been flooded in a town in Lincolnshire after heavy rain led to flash flooding.

Residents in Market Rasen have been putting sandbags outside their homes as firefighters tried to pump water away from the properties.

Councillor Stephen Bunney said some people on Oxford Street had been advised to move out.

He added that he was "extremely grateful to the emergency services" for their work.

"The main road is still flooded and not passable and it's being pumped out at the moment," he said.

"There is one area on Oxford Street where the police did advise people to move out.

"One or two people have been displaced."

Julie Lambie, who spoke to the BBC at a builders' merchants as she collected sandbags for her neighbours, said it had been "horrendous".

"Apparently it's forecast like this for a long time. We've got a fire engine on our road pumping water out of homes."

She said drains had been unable to cope with the deluge.

Market Rasen Town Council asked drivers to "slow down through the town for your own safety and to prevent the flooding of houses".

Elsewhere, the Environment Agency has issued a flood alert in Louth near the River Lud.

However, homes are not expected to be flooded in the town but river levels will remain high overnight, the agency added.

Meanwhile, Grimsby Town's game against Carlisle United was abandoned following a flooded pitch.

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