FLOODS UPDATE: 50 homes now flooded (From The Bolton News)

FLOODS UPDATE: 50 homes now flooded

11:12am Thursday 24th January 2008 in

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Fifty homes are now flooded and without power in the Withins Avenue and Rigby Avenue areas of Radcliffe.

Bury Council's Emergency Planning Team is asking people to find an alternative route to Bury Road as it is closed.

The Metrolink from Bury to Whitefield is also closed after a bank of water which built up during the recent weather formed into a 7ft deep pool and burst over the embankment by Radcliffe Metrolink.

A replacement bus service is in operation from Bury to Whitefield but the service continues as normal from Whitefield to Manchester city centre.

A council spokesman said: "Fire crews have been onsite since 6am pumping out water and the council's emergency planning team is doing as much as it can to prevent more properties from becoming damaged."

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