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River Trent bursts its banks near Clifton

The River Trent has burst its banks causing flood in part of south Nottinghamshire.

Aerial images show floodwaters from the river spilling out onto land in the Barton village area of Nottinghamshire, not far from Clifton.

It comes as the Met Office has warned heavy rainfall from Storm Christoph combined with some snowmelt across the hills is likely to lead to flooding across the county.

In addition to yellow weather warnings from midnight tonight, there is now an amber weather warning, which is more severe, in place across Nottinghamshire for rain from 6am on Tuesday, January 18 to Thursday noon January 21.

Communities are being advised by Rushcliffe Borough Council to prepare for potential flooding as heavy rain is expected across the region over the next few days.

The council said the Environment Agency will be closely monitoring the levels of larger rivers however a greater risk can come from smaller watercourses and very localised surface water flooding.

In conjunction with the Local Resilience Forum and Nottinghamshire County Council, the authority is encouraging residents most at risk of flooding to be prepared and deploy any local property resilience measures they may have.

These include ensuring barriers, flood gates or air brick covers are closed in advance to help reduce the possible impact.

The council is also asking parishes and other landowners to check over any local watercourse infrastructure they may have responsibility for, to ensure it is free-flowing.

It is ready to respond with support and can be contacted on 0115 981 9911 or out of hours on 0115 981 1143 and its partners Streetwise will also have teams on standby to assist communities.

Follow live updates on weather and flooding here.

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