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- Heavy rain has caused flooding, with 20mm in one hour last night
- More rain expected this afternoon and severe weather warning in place for Saturday and Sunday
- Trains between Bournemouth and Southampton are not running after Lymington River burst its banks at Brockenhurst. Replacement bus services have now been put in place
- Blandford Road in Hamworthy is closed
- Queen Anne Drive in Wimborne, Magna Road and Matchams Lane were all closed but have been reopened this lunchtime
- Surface water is causing delays at the Bakers Arms, on the A35 at Hinton and outside Bournemouth University
- AA says more calls from Bournemouth than anywhere else in Britain this morning as motorists try to drive though floods
- Reports of homes flooded at Bockhampton near Christchurch and Stalbridge in North Dorset
- Fire service called to help nine cars stuck in flood water and a caravan floating down the river at Bere Regis
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