Warnings are also in place for the River Arun in Pulborough, West Sussex, and for the River Wey at Elstead, Surrey. More than 20 flood alerts are also in place across East Sussex,

A major clean-up operation will resume this morning following widespread flooding during Storm Chandra, which swept across Ireland yesterday.

Data confirmed the River Otter at Fenny Bridges, close to the town, reached its highest recorded level and surpassed the previous record set in December 2000.