Hampshire flood alerts remain despite dry forecast for days ahead

Data from the Environment Agency showed almost every river in England has reached exceptionally high levels with some reaching record levels.

Almost 250 flood warnings remain in place across England and Wales as conditions continue to cause travel problems across large parts of the country.

While the Met Office predicts the wet weather has passed, water levels remain high and colder temperatures are predicted for the next few days with the UK Health Security Agency UKHSA) issuing a yellow cold weather alert.

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In Hampshire, the Environment Agency has issued flood alerts for the Lower Test in Romsey, and Otterbourne by the River Itchen as well as continuing groundwater alerts in the Meon Valley from East Meon to Soberton, Littleton, Easton, Martyr, Kings and Headbourne Worthy, Kings Somborne, the Candovers, Old Alresford and Hambledon.

Residents are advised to avoid walking, driving or cycling through flood water.

Sunday is forecast to remain largely dry, except for the occasional shower in southeast England early in the day, with the cold weather continuing for much of the next week.

The Rivers Test and Itchen will remain higher than normal and will be sensitive to any further rainfall over the next few weeks.

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Flooding in Highbridge Road (Image: contributed)

In Colden Common, residents in Highbridge Road have had to deal with flooding and sewage pouring into their gardens for around four weeks.

@hampshire_chronicle Poor residents in Brambridge, Colden Common have had to deal with flooding and sewage for four weeks. #stormhenk #flooding ♬ original sound - Hampshire Chronicle

A spokesperson for Southern Water said: “Our teams are tackling sewer flooding at Brambridge, we know this has been an issue for the last four weeks and we’re doing everything we can to reduce this and we’re very sorry for the impact this is having on customers.

 “The area is being affected by groundwater levels, additionally recent heavy rainfall is putting significant pressure on our network. We are continuing to carry out a tankering operation to ease this pressure and reduce flows as we look at exploring longer-term solutions to this problem.”

The recent overflow caused by heavy rainfall was enough to fill 11 storm tanks that can hold 70,000 litres of sewage each along with an underground storage tank that can hold nearly a million litres of sewage.