Latest: River levels in the Mole and its tributaries have been steadily falling since Christmas Day but still remain high. Between 10 to 20 mm of rainfall is currently expected between midnight and 8 o'clock on Friday morning. This is likely to result in the River Mole overtopping its banks in places during Friday afternoon and into Saturday, which will flood low lying land and roads. Property flooding is not currently expected, but we will continue to monitor the situation and issue any flood warnings if property is threatened.
The river Mole in Surrey burst it's banks on Monday causing severe flooding in Leatherhead. The environment agency issued a severe flood warning, meaning that there is imminent danger to life.
Homes in Leatherhead were evacuated with people moved to a local day centre.
The Environment agency described the flood as a 'once in a hundred years' event, and Sir Paul Beresford, Conservative MP for Mole valley said he had not seen anything like this since the the big storm of 1987.
Further rain fell in Leatherhead adding to the problem. Water levels on the River Mole peaked at around midnight Christmas Eve, but improved during Christmas day.
This great video uploaded to Youtube today shows crews preparing to rescue people from flooded homes...
Another video has been posted to Youtube showing just how fast water has been running onto the streets of Leatherhead today...
In another video a Land Rover drives through flooding on the A24 in Leatherhead (warning, contains language not suitable for children).
And another video filmed from the same Land Rover gives a view of just how extensive the floods in Leatherhead are (warning, contains language not suitable for children).
Amazing pictures of the floods have been appearing on Twitter...
Got a moat in my garden. Feeling like a Conservative MP #leatherhead #flood pic.twitter.com/6WcgxQYHX6
— Sam Murphy (@ssms_sam) December 25, 2013
Just passed the river mole in leatherhead which has burst its banks, forcing ppl out of their homes at Xmas 🙁 pic.twitter.com/WU91nh79Yx
— Helen Prowse (@hlp) December 25, 2013
@AnnieMouse1981 it's bad! Brockham, pixham, Burford bridge and Leatherhead flooded. #leatherhead very bad pic.twitter.com/jMtCtSfq6v
— Tim Loder (@LoderTim) December 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/Be_TheOverFlo/statuses/415598623489929216
https://twitter.com/LiamMccormick/statuses/415608929314299904
https://twitter.com/sartyMA/statuses/415493432996818944
https://twitter.com/ChuckMiller93/statuses/415441895209574400
https://twitter.com/fandrews/statuses/415435533997707265
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