Major flooding in city centre as weather warnings issued

Recent heavy rainfall has caused a severe amount of flooding in and around Nottinghamshire, affecting local residents and public transport links.

One area of major flooding was at the end of Mansfield road, across from the intu Victoria shopping centre, as cars struggled to make their way through the water.

This comes after a yellow weather warning was issued from the Met Office for parts of Nottinghamshire.

Caption: The end of Mansfield road, in front of student letting company Megaclose, majorly flooded. Video by Eve Watson.

Transport has been affected, including NET Trams and NCT bus services.

NCT bus services are providing live updates on their Twitter.

The NCT Navy number 4 that connects NTU’s City and Clifton campuses was severely affected, unable to serve the City campus stop, as well as being unable to serve several stops along the way.

This included the County Hall bus stop which is popular among students who live in West Bridgford.

Students departing the bus at this stop had to jump from the bus to the pavement in order to avoid large pools of water that had covered the roads.

Other updates regarding transport will be provided as road conditions change and are being provided directly to customers at www.nctx.co.uk/flooding.

Live updates to follow.

By Eve Watson and Faith Pring

Video credit to Eve Watson

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