Roads have been closed and rail services cancelled - as flood threat to re-emerge on Sunday.

Rescuers freed drivers stranded on the M5, train stations became submerged, and schools were closed after a month's worth of rain battered Britain.

Standing water on the motorway left motorists stuck

Major disruption this morning, September 27, after heavy rains cause train cancellations, road closures and bus diversions

A large stretch of motorway has been closed following heavy rain

A driver was rescued from their car after it became trapped in flood water

A number of vehicles have become trapped in floodwater overnight as schools have been forced to close in parts of Birmingham

There are multiple flood warnings in place across the midlands after heavy downpours have left large swathes of the region waterlogged or already submerged

Heavy downpours have started across Birmingham after the Met Office issued amber alert, its second-highest alert level, with flooding and transport disruption 'likely'

Heavy and persistent rain has started to fall across Birmingham causing rush-hour traffic and public transport chaos

KiwiRail is urging people to be cautious around level crossings north of Auckland, with the rail line to Northland now reopened.

Many properties remain on evacuation alert in the Grand Forks area Thursday due to a wildfire just across the U.S. border, though conditions overnight were favourable to decreasing fire behaviour.