Below is the latest update form the Council on flooding. Continue to take care. Any problems get in touch.

As expected, the wet weather continued overnight and conditions in many parts of the county have deteriorated.  However the weather warning has now been lifted and we are expecting the weather to improve during the day.  That said there is still a significant amount of water about and flood warnings are still in force across the region.

As at 9am this morning, the following roads were affected:

Roads closed A688 Bishop Auckland (in vicinity of football ground). A690 Willington to Crook A68 Witton Le Wear A6072 Tindale Cross Bishop Auckland A167 Plawsworth to Pity Me A167 Honest Lawyer Cone Terrace Chester le St A690 Brandon to Brancepeth A689 Sedgefield to Wynyard C95 Whitworth Lane Page Bank B6298 Crook to Billy Row B1281 Castle Eden to Blackhall C14 West Lane South Hetton Unc Windleston Lane Unc 20.13 Wades Lane Littletown C18a Allum Waters to Langley Moor A183 Blind Lane to Burn Moor A68 West Wackerfield B6310 Summerhill to Shotley Bridge (collapsed culvert long term closure) B1280 Deaf Hill Unc Urpeth Roads affected by flooding A694 Hamsterley Mill. Unc Lanchester Front Street A691 Kaysburn to Lanchester Unc Wallknook Lane Langley Park A692 Dipton C11 Middle Road Craghead C5 Grange Villa to Pelton Lane Ends C12 Holmhill Lane Plawsworth A167 Rushyford to Newton Aycliffe A167 Ferryhill A167 Rushyford A167 B6444 to A1M A167 Wades Junction A68 Witton By-Pass A68 West Buttsfield A689 Rushyford to Bradbury A689 Harperley to Wolsingham A688N Watling Road Bishop Auckland A6072 South Church Road Bishop Auckland A689 Eastgate C30 Bedburn C95 Oakenshaw A6072 Tindale to Shildon A67 Barnard Castle B6286 Hunwick Village B6286 Hunwick to Sunnybrow Willington B6286 Hunwick to Toronto B1278 Fishburn to Trimdon Grange B6299 Willington to Stanley Crook C66 Trimdon to Trimdon Colliery C38 Bradbury B6296 Wolsingham to Tow Law A167 Woodham Lodge C35 Middridge to Rushyford C34 Eldon Bishop Auckland C23 Butterwick Road C21 Rookhope Road Unc 34.10 North Bitchburn B1283 Sherburn to Haswell B1280 Deaf Hill B1198 Shincliffe Lane A690 Brandon to Brancepeth Unc Stephenson Road Peterlee A1086 Blackhall B1281 Castle Eden to Blackhall A182 South Hetton to Loaningburn C18 Ushaw Moor-New Brancepeth C154 New Brancepeth C17 Aldin Grange Bearpark A183 Houghton Gate to Bournmoor Unc 12.4 Urpeth/Ouston B1284 Lumley New Road B6532 Findon Hill Station Road Ushaw Moor Graham Way Seaham Unc 42.2 Greenfield Summerhill, Shotley Bridge B6282 Etherley Grange A177 Shincliffe New Addition

The only school we are aware is closed is Sunnybrow Primary School.  A number of other buildings have been affected including Chester le Street Civic Centre which has suffered a power outage.

We received over 5,000 calls to the Council yesterday including 1200 for highways and streetscene, 900 to the switchboard and 700 general enquiries.   The council had 50 calls to the contact centre between 5.30pm and 10.30pm yesterday and then 33 during the night which were responded to including providing the Honest Lawyer at Croxdale with 200 sandbags (there was a live news feature from here for ITV this morning, in addition Durham being covered in most national updates).

All spent sandbags will be left in place today as a precautionary measure and teams are now out and about helping to clear up where they can.

The rail network is also still affected particularly between Durham and Darlington.

The road closures and traffic congestion may mean that in some areas the refuse and recycling collection may be disrupted or later than usual, however we have a full deployment of crews, and are working hard to keep this to a minimum.

As before, for highways issues, including surface water flooding on the roads, blocked drains in the highway etc, people should call the Highways Action Line on 0191 370 6000.

For sandbag requests where properties are at risk of flooding, people should also call 03000 261000.

For emergencies, where properties have been flooded and lives are at risk, people should call the emergency services on 999.

We will of course keep you up to date if any more significant incidents occur.