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At a Glance A landslide blocked train tracks about 70 miles north of London.

Passengers were moved to a second train, but it also couldn't move because of flooding.

England has seen several days of torrential rain.

A breach at the River Steeping flooded 70 properties in Lincolnshire.

A landslide north of London Thursday left about 500 passengers stranded on a train for eight hours.

The landslide was caused by flooding that is occurring across the northern and central parts of England.

The 2:34 p.m. London to Nottingham train was stopped about 70 miles north of the capital city near Corby, Northamptonshire, BBC News reported. Passengers were evacuated to a train going in the opposite direction after it pulled up alongside the first train.

Elliot Gardner told the BBC it took several hours to work out how to get everyone on the second train, with people eventually led over a gangway. "People were told to leave anything that wasn't essential — I saw young mothers with small children in their arms who had to leave clothes, prams," he said.

However, flooding prevented the second train from leaving the area as well. Passengers from both trains were stuck until they could be evacuated from the second train.

Paramedics had to board the train to treat a woman who had collapsed , The Guardian reported.

The passengers were taken to the Kettering train station after 10 p.m. where they were given food and water , the Nottingham Post reported. Arrangements were made to get the passengers to their homes from there.

Passenger Liam McCarthy told BBC News it was "an absolute nightmare."

"We were evacuated from the train using the original wooden ladder to get us down on the trackside and then we walked along the track, up an embankment and on to coaches," he said.

Will Hargrave, a passenger on the second train, also tweeted about the ordeal. In one post, he said the train manager said, "I'm really sorry about this, no-one will be stranded, I live in the Kettering area and I'm sure a few of you can stay at my place"

Friday morning, a spokeswoman for East Midlands Trains said, "We are very sorry for the lengthy delays some of our customers experienced last night due to a landslip and serious flooding near Corby Tunnel. All customers were safely evacuated from the site of the flooding and transferred by road and rail to their destinations."

She said because of the trains' location, rail workers and fire personnel had to create a path through rubble and flooding to get the passengers off safely.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/EnglandFlood1.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/EnglandFlood1.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273 400w, https://s.w-x.co/util/image/w/EnglandFlood1.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551 800w" > A flooded field in Thorpe Culvert, Lincolnshire, where more than two months of rain fell in just two days. The Royal Air Force has been called in after the River Steeping breached its banks. (Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)

An area of low pressure over the United Kingdom has brought locally heavy rainfall to parts of central England midweek, with many locations reporting more than 3 inches of rainfall, according to weather.com meteorologist Linda Lam. Over the past seven days, much of the United Kingdom has seen more than double the average precipitation for this time of year. Additional showers are possible in the region into Saturday.

The Environment Agency has issued dozens of flood warnings and alerts across the country.

About 100 homes at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, were evacuated and the Royal Air Force was called in to help when the River Steeping breached its banks after three days of downpours, according to The Independent.

RAF helicopters dropped sand and ballast on the breach in an attempt to stop the flowing water that had flooded 70 properties. The Lincolnshire County Council said the town had more than two months of rain in just two days , according to ITV.

Extensive flooding is also reported about 50 miles northwest of Birmingham, around Crewgreen in Shropshire, where the Severn and Vyrnwy rivers converge, BBC News reported.