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| Storms cause flash flooding across Birmingham | Storms cause flash flooding across Birmingham |
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| Storms have caused flash flooding across parts of Birmingham as more than a month's rainfall deluged parts of the city in just one hour on Sunday. | |
| The Environment Agency has issued multiple flood warnings and alerts are in place across the West Midlands, and a Met Office amber weather warning is in place for the region. | The Environment Agency has issued multiple flood warnings and alerts are in place across the West Midlands, and a Met Office amber weather warning is in place for the region. |
| West Midlands Police is warning people to avoid driving in the city. | West Midlands Police is warning people to avoid driving in the city. |
| Floods left one major route impassable because of water up to 5ft deep. | |
| The Met Office said a site at Winterbourne, in Edgbaston, recorded 58mm of rainfall in just one hour on Sunday afternoon, and 81mm in a 12-hour period. | |
| The monthly average for the West Midlands region in May is 55mm, meteorologist Craig Snell said. | |
| But he said the torrential rain had been "very localised", pointing out that another site 10 miles away at Coleshill recorded just 3mm of rain in 12 hours. | |
| BBC journalist Rebecca Woods said she had driven past a large number of flooded and closed roads in the Harborne and Selly Oak areas. | BBC journalist Rebecca Woods said she had driven past a large number of flooded and closed roads in the Harborne and Selly Oak areas. |
| She said she had seen flooded houses and it had taken her 90 minutes to drive about five miles. | She said she had seen flooded houses and it had taken her 90 minutes to drive about five miles. |
| In Sir John's Road, Selly Park, homes flooded and cars were under water, while wheelie bins floated down the road. | In Sir John's Road, Selly Park, homes flooded and cars were under water, while wheelie bins floated down the road. |
| The Environment Agency has more than 20 flood warnings and more than 40 flood alerts in place covering much of Central England. |