Two people have died after becoming trapped in their car in a flooded road in Liverpool.
Police said officers were called to Queens Drive in the Mossley Hill area at 21:00 BST on Saturday night.
Passers-by fought to help the man and woman who were stuck inside a black Mercedes in deep floodwater.
Emergency workers took them to hospital, but they were pronounced dead.
Amateur footage filmed in the area appears to show water gushing on to the road - which dips under a bridge.
Met Office data shows heavy rainfall at more than 32mm (1.25 inches) an hour near where it happened
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People living in the area told the Liverpool Echo the road has been problematic for some time. They said several cars had become stuck in deep water in the area over the last few months.
Liverpool's deputy lord mayor Richard Kemp said he had repeatedly raised the alarm about flooding at the spot for about 20 years.