The clean-up operation gets underway today in the aftermath of Storm Bert, which caused widespread flooding in and around Ramsbottom.

The River Irwell burst its banks and the drains could not cope with the sudden deluge in just a short space of time, leading to treacherous conditions on Manchester Road on the border of Ramsbottom and Walmersley.

While some businesses shut up shop because of the weather.

Nuttall Park was flooded and council workers are due at the popular park to assess the damage.

Streets in and around Ramsbottom suffered localised flooding and parts of Radcliffe were put under alert of flooding.

A man who rents a unit at Milltown Street, Radcliffe,  said that he had been standing by ready to move things and the water came within 10 inches of the retaining walls but that it had subsided by 8pm.

He said this was "very different from 2015" when the water came up to his shoulders.

River levels are falling, but people are still urged to remain cautious.

(Image: Public) Nuttall  Park yesterday

Today the Environment Agency states for the areas of Summerseat and Buckley Wells to Radcliffe: "However, a Flood Alert remains in force for the wider area, so flooding of roads and low lying land is still possible."

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Cllr Gareth Staples-Jones said: "Nuttall Park from my knowledge always floods it's a flood basin, and the very fact that Nuttall floods prevents a lot of other areas from flooding.

"I did go to see what the damage was because the force of the water brought down the railings and there is a lot of debris everywhere.

"The council was really good at mobilising people, we had three vehicles out and deployed where they needed to be to clear those blocked drains.

"There is a bigger thing about clearing the drains and how we do that long term, because not enough are being cleared at the moment. I know that because I have seen them.

"But just the sheer amount of water that came down in this instance was too much for the drains to handle."

He said the drainage system was very old and installed at a time when they were fewer houses and less traffic on the road.

Cllr Staples-Jones added that council teams would visit Nuttall Park and Ramsbottom today to check the damage.

He praised residents for looking after each other.