Localised flooding reported in Holbeach and Spalding and firefighters are thanked by a resident
| Updated: 15:52, 24 December 2020
Localised flooding has been reported in Holbeach and Spalding following yesterday s heavy rains.
Lorraine Buckingham has thanked Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue for pumping away rising levels of water in Wentworth Close, Spalding, last night.
Drains in the close had held up to the deluge of rain until about 5.30pm last night when the water began to rise and Mrs Buckingham reported 2inch of water in her garage.
Pictures taken in Wentworth Close in Spalding by Lorraine Buckingham (43718914)
Firefighters were called to the close at around 7.30pm when they began to pump the water away to the River Welland. They left at 9am today.
The parts of Peterborough separated by tier restrictions
The two Deepings, separated by the River Welland, fall etiher side of the border and so, in different Tiers
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Since the England-wide lockdown ended on December 2, different parts of the country have been living under tougher tier restrictions.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, along with much of the country, have been placed into Tier 2 - the high COVID alert level.