Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in Brighton and Rottingdean this morning following weeks of drought.
Together with Wednesday’s showers, this morning’s downpours saw almost 5mm of rain in just two hours, sparking callouts for the fire service from 4am onward.
Rottingdean High Street was underwater during the morning rush hour. These pictures were taken by Zac Street.
A spokeswoman for East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said: “Since midnight, we were called to the following incidents relating to flooding:
4.14am – reports of water coming through the ceiling of a property in a block of flats on Marine Parade affecting the electrics. We isolated the power supplies to make the scene safe
4.41am – we attended flats on Brunswick Terrace and isolated power after reports of water affecting electrics
4.50am – we attended St Georges Road and made the scene safe after reports of water coming through the ceiling of flats
4.58am – we attended provided advice to the occupants of a property on Western Road after reports of water coming through the ceiling
5.05am – crews helped make the scene safe after flooding in a property on Portland Place
5.08am – we attended Stapleford Drive to make the scene safe after flooding in a property
5.10am – crews made the scene safe after reports of water coming through the ceiling at a property on College Place
5.37am – we responded to reports of water coming through a light fitting at a property on West Street and made the scene safe
6.06am – we attended a property on Park Crescent following reports of water affecting electrics and isolated power”
We’re going to have to get used to this with the climate spiraling out of kilter. Time to head to net zero as fast as we can.
Us, the Chinese and the USA. Oh don’t forget South America and Africa too.
They were nearly all water coming in through ceiling, very probably from blocked gutters or drains which should have been able to handle downpours much worse than this morning’s. Poor maintenance does not a climate emergency make!
I bet the thought of checking gutters for blockages has never entered most people’s heads.
The headline should probably read “ Failure to empty gullies led to flash floods after one inch of rain fell”
Spot on. It’s not like they didn’t know it would rain sooner or later. Get ahead of the game and clear the gullies while the weather is dry.
I hope it helps fill the pond back up in queens park.
Time to stop burning fosil fuels now, get those petrol and diesel vehicles to the scrap yards now
Yes, because as any fule kno, failing to clear gullies is caused by burning fossil fuels.
And yet we’ll still get our local Greens and Surfers Against Sewage moaning that storm overflows were opened during a storm! Maybe Southern Water should let raw sewage flow out of the moaners sinks and toilets so they understand why its necessary…
…or Southern Water could invest in their infrastructure, instead of enriching Macquarie Asset Management?