A month's worth of rain which fell in an hour has caused flooding in parts of Norfolk.

Sheringham and Swaffham were the worst hit places and Norfolk Fire and Rescue responded to a total of 16 flooding incidents in the county.

The flooding was caused by severe thunderstorms and lightning last night.

Up to 60mm (2.3in) of rain fell in just an hour in some areas.

In Sheringham there were calls to Childs Way, Lusher Close, Anchor Close, Uplands Park, Knights Green and High Street.

In Swaffham fire crews were sent to Longfields, Northfield Road, Admiral Wilson Way, Station Street and The Paddocks.

There were also call outs to Arnold Avenue in Caister and Brinton Road, Stody.

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Meteorologist Dan Holley said a month's worth of rain fell in parts of Norfolk last night.

EAST: Thunderstorms affected parts of the region on Monday PM/eve — relatively fast movement tended to limit rain totals, but multiple t/storms moved over the same narrow corridor between Swaffham + Sheringham giving very locally 60+mm (a month's worth), largely falling in 1-hr pic.twitter.com/lb741KxjCb

A flood warning has been put in place for the River Glaven through Leveringsett and there are flood alerts along the North Norfolk coast for possible flooding this morning.

The Met Office has not issued any weather warnings for today. 

The forecast for today for Norfolk is breezy with some showers.

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