1.   It follows torrential rain yesterday, which flooded roads, and caused chaos as hundreds of commuters were stuck in traffic jams.

2.   They swam to the shop across a flooded road and were able to get Mr Grace to safety through the smashed shop window.

3.   In Cambridgeshire there were several minor accidents on flooded roads and driving conditions were difficult in Suffolk and Sussex, with many roads awash with water.

4.   And two people drowned after driving into canals next to flooded roads.

5.   Avoid driving over flooded roads.

6.   Cars jammed a mile-and-a-half portion of the southbound Saw Mill Parkway in Yonkers after the police closed a section of flooded road.

7.   In Austria, a motorcyclist skidded off a flooded road and was crushed to death.

8.   In Boston, police warned drivers to steer clear of flooded roads like Morrissey Boulevard, where the left lanes were under water all day.

9.   In three incidents, autos skidded out of control on flooded roads in suburban DeKalb and Spalding Counties.