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Flood chaos disrupts town centres M4 landslide causes traffic chaos
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Floods have caused chaos in Berkshire forcing the closure of four schools and the evacuation of homes. Motorists are facing chaos on the M4 in Berkshire due to a landslide caused by the flooding.
Maidenhead and Windsor have both been badly affected, with a shopping complex also closed. The Highways agency said the landslide had happened at the eastbound junctions 12 and 13.
Furze Platt Infants School, Windsor Boys School and Boyne Hill Infants School in Maidenhead, along with Trinity St Stephen's School are shut. The floods have forced four schools Maidenhead to close and the evacuation of homes. A shopping centre was also forced to shut its doors.
The Nicholson Walk shopping complex, is closed due to the severe weather. Newbury has also been badly affected. Berkshire fire said it will attend "incidents where someone's life is in danger or if there is a fire".
The A308 near Oakley Court has flooded, along with at least 30 homes. Extra fire crews have been drafted in. Furze Platt Infants School, Windsor Boys School and Boyne Hill Infants School in Maidenhead, along with Trinity St Stephen's School in Windsor shut.
A spokeswoman, from Berkshire Fire and Rescue, told the BBC they are now "only attending incidents where someone's life is in danger or if there is a fire or automatic fire alarms". The Nicholson Walk shopping complex is also closed.
Newbury has also been badly affected.
The fire service is asking householders who are flooded to only dial 999 if they are in danger or if the water is more than six inches deep, otherwise they should call the borough council.The fire service is asking householders who are flooded to only dial 999 if they are in danger or if the water is more than six inches deep, otherwise they should call the borough council.
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council, which is now handing out sandbags, has set up an emergency centre to co-ordinate their response to the adverse weather conditions.The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council, which is now handing out sandbags, has set up an emergency centre to co-ordinate their response to the adverse weather conditions.