Flood Warnings Across Britain - Birmingham Gets 1 Month's Rain In 24 Hours - Reuters

LONDON - The Environment Agency issued flood warnings across many parts of Britain on Friday as torrential rain swamped northern and central areas and weather forecasters warned there could be more downpours overnight.

Homes in Northamptonshire and South and West Yorkshire were hit by flooding on Friday, while train services were suspended between Birmingham and the east Midlands.

The Met Office said 88 millimetres (3.5 inches) of rain had fallen on Birmingham in 24 hours, more than it normally gets in a month at this time of year. In Yorkshire, 51 mm had fallen in just six hours.

The storms looked set to wash out the first day of the final test against the West Indies at Chester-le-Street in Durham, while racing was cancelled at York. "All areas, from the Midlands, East Anglia and in the north are pretty saturated and will react to further heavy rain," the Environment Agency said. "There is the very real possibility of further flood warnings being issued. The rivers are running very high.

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This is normal in Houston.

I mean, we've gotten more than 3.5 inches of rain in an *hour* here in Atlanta, but the storm sewers here are sized for that kind of deluge. It's a little different when the infrastructure is there, y'know?

We had that happen here a couple of years ago - we got a foot of rain in 36 hours, a third of the average annual total. Flooding all over the place - the lower part of my backyard was under 3 feet of water at the tail end of it.