The Longden End brook, which flows under the M62 motorway and into Hollingworth Lake, burst its banks at a bridge close to Littleborough Sports Club
Seven Flood Alerts and 20 Flood Warnings across the Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire regions were issued by the Environment Agency over the weekend.
Dave Goodwin, from the Environment Agency, said: “Our teams worked round the clock across Greater Manchester to monitor the situation, warn communities at risk, and carry out operational activity to reduce the risk of flooding”.
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