More than 200 people have been evacuated from the Medmerry holiday park and areas like Earnley, Littlehampton and Bracklesham after the River Arun burst its banks.
A rescue operation is under way after 'scary and unprecedented' flooding near a holiday park in West Sussex. One person has been taken to hospital and over 200 people have been evacuated after the River Arun burst its banks in the wake of Storm Kathleen. A resident of Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex said flooding in the town was 'scary and unprecedented', after he stayed awake until the early hours putting flood defences around his property.
' Weather warnings covering much of country It comes as heavy rain and strong winds continue to batter parts of southern England, western Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland over the next few days, forecasters have said. Several services run by South Western Railway and Great Western Railway have been cancelled or delayed this morning due to flooding. The Met Office issued six separate yellow weather warnings spanning Monday to Wednesday morning.
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