Pictures: Deluge of rain leads to floods - with snow on the way

There are flood alerts — indicating flooding is possible and people should be prepared — for 11 parts of the region:

• Little Ouse River and River Thet in Suffolk and Norfolk
• River Granta in Essex and Cambridgeshire
• River Lark in Suffolk
• River Wissey in Norfolk
• The Rattlesden River and River Gipping, through and including Stowmarket and Needham Market
• The River Colne from Great Yeldham to Colchester
• The Rivers Deben and Lark
• The Rivers Pant, Blackwater and Brain
• The River Stour from Sudbury to Stratford St Mary and Dedham
• The River Waveney from Diss and the River Dove to Ellingham, including Bungay
• The upper River Chelmer

However, more serious flood warnings for the area have now been removed.

Flooding: Needham Lakes floods after heavy rain across Suffolk

Needham Lake has risen after the heavy rainfall and grassy areas next to the lake have been completely swamped.

A picnic bench completely submerged in the water at Needham Lake (Image: Sarah Lucy Brown)

Jamie Yates filmed the River Gipping in Great Blakenham overflowing, while in Claydon fields by Chapel Lane are completely underwater from the same river.

Daniel Nichols took a photo of his flooded fields this morning in Claydon (Image: Daniel Nichols)

Send us your pictures and videos of the floods by emailing newsroom@archant.co.uk