Summary

Transport disrupted after heavy rain causes flooding

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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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