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Residents' flood fears after heavy downpours
Manchester Evening News
|January 02, 2024
A FLOOD alert has been issued for parts of Greater Manchester following torrential downpours on New Year's Eve.
The Environment Agency is warning the River Mersey is running high after weeks of sodden conditions and could burst its banks in parts of Stockport, south Manchester and Trafford.
It comes as the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for yet more rain for large parts of Greater Manchester yesterday evening and warned 'flooding is possible! The flood alert covers low-lying areas around the middle River Mersey catchment, including Stretford, Gatley, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Northenden, Chorlton, Sale, Didsbury, Davyhulme, Flixton and Dumplington.
This story is from the January 02, 2024 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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