'Lucky To Be Alive'.

There was commuter chaos this morning in and around Plymouth and the rest of Devon after heavy overnight rainfall. 

Two dozen flood warnings - a more serious alert requiring immediate action - were issued, all in the West Country and the highest rainfall overnight was on Dartmoor, with 33mm in 12 hours. 

By 10:30 Devon & Somerset fire and rescue service received 311 calls for assitance, they have attended 51 incidents due to flooding with 38 incidents still on-going. 

Community support officer Sarah Giles, from the Topsham area of Exeter, wrote on her Twitter page: "Honestly guys, roads have become rivers lots of surface water some quite deep. 

"Slow down, it's safer, and it's considerate.'' 

The Environment Agency issued more than 60 flood alerts - 50 of which were in the South West. 

In Tamerton Foliot a women driver recons she is 'lucky to be alive', after being dragged out the back window of her car by a passer-by on his way to work. 

He waded into the waist deep water in his work suite to help the lady. 

Avril Clark tells us about her escape: CLICK HERE

To keep up to date will all the latest road closures, school closures and flood alerts CLICK HERE 

Below is a video of the recently refurbished Kings Arms in Tamerton Foliet this was the scene taken some 4 hours after the flooding started.

Thanks to Nick Houghton for the video: 

The landlords have yet to see the damage caused to their pub.

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