Wild weather upset weekend plans as the remnants of Hurricane Bertha passed over Leicestershire.
More than an inch of rain fell yesterday morning, followed by an afternoon of winds and drizzle.
Flash flooding affected roads throughout the county and the Environment Agency issued a Flood Alert for Loughborough and the Whitwick and Thringstone areas.
Throughout the day, most of the UK was subject to a Yellow Warning for both rain and wind.
Leicestershire's cricket match against Northants at Grace Road had to be called off due to the rain and Severn Trent was inundated with calls about floods and blocked drains.
James Jesic, waste water manager for Severn Trent, said the number of calls the company was receiving yesterday was four times what they would normally get on a Sunday.
He said yesterday: "We were aware this weather was coming and we've worked hard to get ready for it.
"We've got plenty of staff on the phones in our call centre and teams available on the ground to deal with flooding issues.
"We're also out and about keeping an eye on those areas with a high risk of flooding."
The Environment Agency was also out and about, making sure drains prone to blocking remained clear, including the Holt Brook in Loughborough.
Police said they had received a number of reports of flooding across the county yesterday morning and firefighters said a tree came down in Lychgate Lane, Burbage, yesterday afternoon, due to the weather.
There were queues on the M69 after a minor crash which closed two northbound lanes of the motorway near Leicester just moments after police warned motorists to take care on the road.
At about 11.10am yesterday, Leicestershire Police tweeted: "We have had a number of reports of flooding as a result of the rain. There is standing water on parts of the M69 – so please drive carefully."
Just two minutes later, the Highways Agency tweeted there had been a crash.
The road reopened shortly before noon.
Leicester Mercury weatherman Dave Mutton said: "This was the remnants of the storm which arrived here as just a depression but it's wreaked havoc.
"There have been floods all over and monsoons in Wales.
"The average rainfall for the whole of August is two-and-a-half inches and yesterday in Leicestershire we had more than an inch of rain in five hours.
"There is a spot of high pressure on its way which should arrive towards the end of the week and settle things down.
"But right behind that there's another low pressure system."
