1.   Homeowners are also being urged to remove any ice blocking roof drains and to make sure water is draining properly.

2.   With a whoop he leapt over a huge spreading puddle where a drain was blocked with litter.

3.   Bathroom drains are often blocked by hairs that collect around the stopper.

4.   Households can suffer broken toilets and blocked drains for weeks before one finally turns up.

5.   If the drain is still blocked most people reach for a commercial opener.

6.   Urban flooding is possible in areas where street drains are blocked by fallen leaves.

7.   Environmentalists have blamed the uncontrolled development of green spaces and natural water catchment areas, inadequate flood prevention projects and broken or blocked drains.