Over the past few hours, hundreds of homes have had to be evacuated due to… serious flood suffering in various parts of central and southern England, which also led to cancellation of a number of railway routes.

This Friday at 13:00 264 flood alerts remained active across the country, and the figure fell from more than 300 early this morning.

The most serious flooding occurred on the River Trent, which flows through the Nottinghamshire region. reached its highest level in the last two decades.

According to county officials, More than a hundred houses are flooded and there are fears the numbers could rise as the day goes on, even as river levels have begun to fall.

The river has reached its maximum height 5.35 meterswhich is just below the historical maximum of 5.5 meters recorded in 2000.

More than a thousand properties have been affected by flooding as the country’s rivers and canals flooded after more than a week of heavy rain and Storm Hank.

The floods also caused major disruption to rail services and Great Western Railways, which operates in the south west, was forced to abolish lines between Reading and Taunton and between Swindon and Bristol.

The presence of a cold front is expected to end the rainfall throughout the day, but much of the riverbanks are already so saturated that more flooding will occur.