Heavy rain overnight has caused transport chaos across Greater Manchester and forecasters have warned more is yet to come.
A yellow weather alert warning of heavy rain has been issued by the Met Office.
The warning covers the whole of the region and is in place from 12am this morning until midnight tonight.
According to the Met Office website there could be possible power cuts due to lightning strikes, road closures, transport disruption and flooding to properies.
The Met Office said: "Rain will be persistent and heavy in places across parts of central, northern and eastern England and north-east Wales at first on Wednesday.
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"During the day rain may turn more showery in places but with a higher chance of thunderstorms by afternoon.
"Some parts of northern England could see as much as 40-60mm of rain through Wednesday, while thunderstorms could produce as much as 30-40 mm in 1-2 hours."

Three flood warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency for Manchester and surrounding areas with Borsdane and Hockery Brook in Hindley, Poynton Brook and parts of Armcon Business Park, in Poynton and River Wye at Lytton Mill.
The A555 Airport link road has flooded again from A5102 Woodford Road, in Bramhall, to the A35 Handforth Bypass.

There are also road closures in place in Wigan and the M56 Princess Parkway in Wythenshawe.
This is when the heavy rain is expected to arrive in your borough in Greater Manchester:
Manchester
1pm - Heavy rain, 20C
2pm - Light shower, 20C
3pm - Heavy rain, 20C
4pm - Heavy shower, 20C
5pm - Heavy shower, 20C
6pm - Light shower, 19C
7pm - Light shower, 19C
8pm - Light shower, 19C
Oldham
12pm - Heavy rain, 17C
1pm - Heavy shower, 18C
2pm - Light rain, 17C
3pm - Heavy rain, 17C
4pm - Light shower, 18C
5pm - Light shower, 18C
6pm - Light shower, 17C
7pm - Light shower, 17C
8pm - Cloudy, 17C
Trafford
4pm - Heavy shower, 20C
5pm - Heavy shower, 19C
6pm - Cloudy, 19C
7pm - Cloudy, 18C
8pm - Sunny intervals, 18C
Bolton
1pm - Heavy shower, 19C
2pm - Sunny intervals, 19C
3pm - Cloudy, 20C
4pm - Thunder, 19C
5pm - Light shower, 19C
6pm - Light shower, 19C
7pm - Light shower, 18C
8pm - Light shower, 17C
Wigan
No rain in Wigan apart from a light shower at 5pm, 19C.
Salford
1pm - Heavy shower, 19C
2pm - Cloudy, 20C
3pm - Sunny intervals, 20C
4pm - Thunder shower, 20C
5pm - Heavy rain, 19C
Rochdale
12pm - Heavy shower, 19C
1pm - Light rain, 19C
2pm - Light rain, 19C
3pm - Light shower, 19C
4pm - Light rain, 19C
5pm - Light shower, 19C
6pm - Light shower, 18C
7pm - Thunder, 18C
8pm - Light shower, 18C
Tameside
12pm - Heavy rain, 19C
1pm - Heavy rain, 19C
2pm - Light rain, 19C
3pm - Heavy shower, 19C
4pm - Thunder, 19C
5pm - Light rain, 19C
6pm - Heavy shower, 18C
7pm - Thunder, 18C
8pm - Light shower, 18C
Bury
2pm - Light rain, 19C
3pm - Light shower, 20C
4pm - Light rain, 19C
5pm - Light shower, 18C
6pm - Light shower, 18C
7pm - Light shower, 17C
Stockport
2pm - Thunder shower, 19C
3pm - Overcast, 19C
4pm - Heavy rain, 19C
5pm - Heavy rain, 18C
6pm - Light shower, 18C
7pm - Light shower, 18C
8pm - Light shower, 17C
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