Heavy Rain Affects Scarborough

Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:13

By Matthew Pells

North Yorkshire Police have issued a Traffic alert for the Scarborough area as they deal with a large volume of weather related incidents in the Scarborough area.

Heavy downpours have been affecting parts of the Yorkshire Coast throughout the day and seem to be particularly bad in the Scarborough Area.

North Yorkshire Police say:

"Please avoid driving through flood water as there are a number of broken down vehicles as a result of taking on water driving through floods, this is adding to the strain on the emergency services.

We are in contact with North Yorkshire Highways who are assisting us, we ask that you abide by road closures and take care on the roads."

Scarborough Joke & Magic Shop captured flooding on Eastborough.

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Play in the Cricket County Championship at Scarborough's North Marine Road was abandoned mid-afternoon as the heavy downpours set in.

Anyone fer cricket? North Marine Road is sinking 🌧️🌧️🌧️😳 @FredBoycott @northyorkswx @Hudsonweather #scarborough #YCCC #cricket pic.twitter.com/NCf9m8fOy7
— Tony J-A (@TJA_evonet) July 27, 2023

Yorkshire are playing host to Durham but there was no play at all today.

Police close Scalby Road close to the Hospital for a while as a result of flash flooding on the road.

East Yorkshire Buses reported that their drivers were dealing with difficult conditions in the Scarborough area.

Service Disruption - Due to heavy rainfall in the Scarborough area all afternoon some roads are becoming impassable meaning traffic is building up across the network. Our teams are working hard to keep you moving this afternoon.
— East Yorkshire (@EYBuses) July 27, 2023

Scarborough's North bay was shrouded in low cloud as the rain came down

But the weather didn't seem to put off these tourists from Nottinghamshire

The rain is expected to continue in to the evening but dryer conditions are expected for Friday.

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