Whitby recovers after flash flooding leaves the town almost cut off

All major routes in and out of the town were affected, including the main A171, both from the south and the north west, the A169 from Sleights, and the A174 from Sandsend.

This morning police say road closures remain in place on the A174 between Sandsend and Whitby - and on the B1410 between Ruswarp and Eskdale.

A clean-up operation gets underway at Hart Inn, in Sandsend, near Whitby, to clear floodwaters

Police and firefighters were called in to assist motorists and householders, with fire crews helping the occupants of one car to safety.

Firefighters from Whitby, Scarborough, Robin Hood’s Bay and Lythe were all called in to help.

Crews used pumps to extract water from several properties.

Whitby was virtually cut off by flooding on Monday night. Photos: Glenn Kilpatrick/Whitby Photography

Officials also used Social Media to inform residents that sandbags were being made available from the borough council depot on Enterprise Way.

Scarborough Mountain Rescue Team were called in to help.

A spokesman said they received a request from North Yorkshire Police for their water rescue team to deploy to the town.

"We provided safety cover and reporting of impacted area etc until the high tide had passed when stood down by the police."

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