DRIVERS are being warned to avoid Newburn after both Newburn High Street and Walbottle Road were closed due to the weather.
A spokesman for Newcastle City Council said the main road through the village was closed at midday as a precaution, with rain still falling and flooding likely later in the afternoon.
Walbottle Road, which runs alongside the recently flood hit Mill Vale Estate, was earlier closed to through traffic due to minor flooding.
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the A19 near Sunderland which was closed due to flooding.
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A police officer walks through flood water on the A19 near Sunderland which was closed due to flooding.
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the A19 near Sunderland which was closed due to flooding.
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the A19 near Sunderland which was closed due to flooding.
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the A19 near Sunderland which was closed due to flooding.
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Plant tubs are rescued on the bank of the river Wear in the centre of Durham.
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The flooded underpass at Jesmond metro station in Newcastle.
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The flooded A690 between Meadowfield and Brancpeth, County Durham.
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The flooded A690 between Meadowfield and Brancpeth, County Durham.
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Plant tubs are rescued on the bank of the river Wear in the centre of Durham.
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The flooded A690 between Meadowfield and Brancpeth, County Durham.
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The flooded A690 between Meadowfield and Brancpeth, County Durham.
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he River Wear in County Durham, flows past properties after bursting its banks.
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Vehicles make their way through a flooded road near to the A19 near Sunderland, as the A19 was closed following heavy rain.
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Vehicles make their way along the A690 near Durham which was flooded following heavy rain.
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A person strides through Riverside park in Chester-Le-street, flooded following heavy rain.
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A man attempts to pump flood water from a property in Fatfield, Washington, County Durham.
"We're asking drivers to avoid the area," the spokesman, speaking at 12pm, said. "While Newburn High Street is not flooding at the moment, because water continues to fall heavily, we think it will."
The heavy rain also brought fears that an area to the north of Spencer Court could overtop, reflooding the area badly hit by floods on September 25.
