We’ve getting reports of flooding on Island Roads.
Chris Welsford called VB a short while about Lake Junction having about 20cm of water. Surprisingly the puddle extended half-way up the hill towards Shanklin.
It’s unclear if the train has been interrupted (we’re researching this currently).
This story is developing, so we’ll keep updating it.
Lake
UPDATE 18:24 Jon: Seven minutes ago: “There’s been about 3 sirens going past, not sure if police or fire, but heading into Lake. Traffic is currently backed up right up towards Skew Bridge and doesn’t seem to be moving in the last 10 mins.”
3 minutes ago: “There’s now a fireman turning people around and preventing them from going through Lake.”
Newport
UPDATE 17:54 Vix Lowthion tells us that “The roads from Newport to Brighstone (Bowcombe, Shorwell, Limerstone) are the worst I’ve seen in a long while.”
UPDATE 18:00 Luke Cooke “Newport town is a mess, drains are all backed up. Not sure what’s going on, but the chapel street one way system seems to have been reversed, there was a constant flow of traffic (20 ish cars) coming the wrong way down it 5 mins ago. Just in the few minutes I was past…”
UPDATE 18:45 Shell Bell Kennedy: “St George’s roundabout, going Morrisons way has massive gurt puddles, go slow down there :o)”
Military Road
UPDATE 18:05 Wendy Varley” “Rain hammering down on Military Road between Freshwater & Atherfield just now. Sheets of water on the road. Felt sorry for Atherfield Bay campers. Must be soggy.”
Sandown
UPDATE 17:58 Charlotte Barlow: “Avenue road! Boys with there tops off getting splashed by the cars!”
Binstead
UPDATE 18:21 Patricia Etherington: “Binstead turning into a lake.”
West Wight
UPDATE 18:44 Donna Grainger: “Still raining in the West Wight, and lots of standing water in Freshwater and Totland.”
Rain around the Island
UPDATE 18:15 Here’s a quick sum up from VB Friends on Facebook of where rain’s appearing at the moment around the Island …
Andy Moore: No rain in Cowes.
Sue Younghusband: Chucking it down in Godshill :(
Suzi Jacuzzi: Looking like ya could go 4 a swim in lake
Karen Gibbins: pouring down in east Cowes
Jill Wareham: Chucking it down in Brighstone
Michelle Kennedy: Awful in Newport…
Lou Buff: Buckets’o’water in Ryde
UPDATE 18:47 Carmelle James: “Chucking it down in Wroxall has been all day… Twil be Sun Sun Sun tomorrow…”
UPDATE 18:52 Michelle Kennedy: “Rain easing a bit in Newport”
UPDATE 19:27 It’s the Sandown Road in Lake, between Newport Road and Cemetery Road (see nifty map below)Just heard from the IW Council that there’s currently only one road closed on the Island (although this may change).
UPDATE 26.Aug 08:12 Thanks for VB readers and IWC for the overnight updates: The road opened last night and we understand is ‘working’ normally now.
View Island Road closures in a larger map
If you’ve got more details of flooding, or have been hit with any, do please let us know.
Image: mysticwales under CC BY 2.0
