In pictures: Floods deluge homes and roads

A road under a bridge is completely flooded, with the roofs of a grey and black car just about visible over the water's surface — Image caption,
A section of the A555 Manchester Airport relief road in Handforth, with cars almost totally submerged

Jonny Humphries

BBC News

1 January 2025

People were forced to leave their homes, water has flowed into houses and cars have been abandoned as heavy flooding deluged swathes of north-west England.

Greater Manchester Police has declared a major incident while significant flooding also battered parts of Lancashire and Cheshire.

You can read the latest developments here while below are a selection of images from across the region.

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Image source, Alderley Aerial Photography
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Heavy flooding in East Didsbury
Image source, Alderley Aerial Photography
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Flooding at Parrs Wood in East Didsbury
Image source, Handout
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Halsall Lane in Ormskirk, Lancashire
Image source, Richard Stead/BBC
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Bramall Park in Stockport submerged by floodwater
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The car park of Meadow Mill in Stockport
Image source, The Tameside Correspondent
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Abandoned cars in Daisy Nook, Tameside
Image source, Stewart Whittingham/BBC
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The River Mersey was at record levels - seen here at Palatine Road in Northenden
Image source, Paul O'Gorman/BBC
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Sam Hubbard, landlady of the Ribchester Arms, managed to protect her pub but her own home was flooded
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Flooding in Ribchester, near Blackburn
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A section of the A555 Manchester Airport relief road in Handforth, with cars almost totally submerged
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Drone footage of Meadow Mill in Stockport, which suffered extensive flooding, trapping residents inside
Image source, Paul O'Gorman/BBC
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Flooding on Victoria Road outside the Capitol Centre in Walton-le-Dale near Preston
Image source, Moira Sykes
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Fletcher Moss Park in Didsbury was hit by severe flooding
Image source, Richard Stead/BBC
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High water levels have caused major flooding in Stockport
Image source, Paul O'Gorman/BBC
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Access to Ribchester has been difficult with flooding at many bridges
Image source, Paul O'Gorman/BBC
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Bernadette Melea, 70, was getting ready to go to a New Year's Eve party when water poured into her home in Ribchester
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Mountain Rescue services at Meadow Mill in Stockport
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Residents trapped in Meadow Mill

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