Saddleworth weather warning for today

Bins blown over in Diggle.

A weather warning is in place for large parts of the UK including Saddleworth with strong winds and heavy rain. In the last hour heavy rain has been falling in the area with very strong winds, this has caused branches to fall and a tree has been toppled near the old Saddleworth Station. Wheelie bins and other small structures have been blown over.

Residents are advised to take care when driving and to be especially careful of falling branches.  There is a potential for localised flooding of some roads and river levels are quite high. We will provide updates via Twitter if needed.

Canal at Diggle.

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Please ask family members or anyone else in the Saddleworth area who may be interested.

If we can double our followers this will help with important issues like missing dogs, people and children.

We can then issue reports of incidents to Saddleworth residents a lot quicker than any other local source.

Author: Jude Gidney - Editor

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