Moment families in Primark pjs swig brandy and party while trapped for 14 HOURS in flood-hit shopping centre
THIS is the hilarious moment one family swigs brandy in their Primark pjs they bought after getting trapped in Sheffield's Meadowhall centre amid the flooding chaos.
The River Don burst its banks yesterday as torrential rain battered Sheffield, leaving roads closed and more than 100 flood warnings.
"Some people got a bit rowdy and it was upsetting seeing some older people and people with babies or children, but thankfully we are all warm and safe."
Charlotte Lowther-Fuller, 18, from Grimsby, also told the BBC last night: "I am feeling quite tired, drained and cold from the whole situation and just want to get home as I have college to go to in the morning."
Roads remained closed this morning but M1 towards Sheffield reopened by the afternoon.
Northern said there will be no services between Sheffield and Gainsborough Central, and Sheffield and Lincoln Central.
The railway company also added they will not be able to provide a rail replacement and have advised passengers not to travel.
Cars are still trapped in water after yesterday's "biblical" floods.
Darren Butt, of emergency contractors Streets Ahead, said: "The situation is not far from biblical, it is very frustrating for the traveller but we are dealing with a big volume of water, it is very slow and frustrating."
Yesterday, one women refused to be deterred by the miserable weather as she made her way through the flood streets on her mobility scooter.
The woman was seen determined as she pushed through the water, even as it splashed around her knees in the Woodseats area of Sheffield.
A poor lad was forced to leave his bus on the way home from school on Thursday and wade through "freezing" water.
Daniel Harrison, 12, was told to leave school at 2pm because of the flooding and then his classmates were forced to walk after his bus couldn't go any further.
He said: "The water was up to my knees. I had to get home straight away because the water was absolutely freezing.
"The river had completely opened and all the water had flooded onto the road, it was terrible.
"You don't want to be in that water but there was no choice - you had to go through it to get home."
Sheffield City Council said 14 of its roads were closed due to flooding as of 7am, and urged drivers to take extra care.
Police were also called to the Parkgate Shopping Park in Rotherham last night, amid reports shoppers were trapped inside due to flood waters.
South Yorkshire Police tweeted that they were working to move "a number of people" who were stranded in the complex to "a place of safety".
Some on social media posted videos of them wading in knee-deep water near Canklow Bridge in Rotherham.