Flood risk remains
Date published: 26 December 2012
Flood risk remains
Wet weather is set to continue until at least Friday, potentially bringing further flooding, weather forecasters have predicted.
The agency has issued more than 150 flood warnings and more than 250 flood alerts, which includes Heywood.
Disruption to train services caused by flooding and landslides is set to continue.
Trains will not run between Manchester Oxford Road and Liverpool Lime Street until Thursday due to a landslip at Glazebrook.
Met Office figures suggest 2012 is set to be one of the wettest years since records began in 1910.
Before December, the average rainfall for the year so far was 1,202mm - placing it 13th in the list of wettest years.
Due to the deluge of rain in the run up to Christmas, forecasters say 2012 is now likely to finish with one of the highest rainfall totals on record.
The year 2000 remains the UK's wettest year, with an average rainfall of 1,337mm.
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