It's becoming a scene increasingly familiar across Southend and south Essex.
Flooded - youngsters paddled in a roundabout in Bournes Green, Shoebury after it was closed off Picture: DAVE HENDERSON
Police closed off this roundabout in Shoebury after much of it was submerged by a deluge. Fields around Bournes Green were also clearly flooded by the mass of rain.
Forecasters are expecting an improvement in the weather at the weekend.
Published Friday, January 3, 2003
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