This Mini somehow ended up on top of a Peugeot in the chaos (Picture: PA)

Parts of Northern Ireland have been devastated by heavy flooding, causing infrastructure to collapse and people to flee their homes.

Violent storms battered the north west of the country, with the Met Office claiming 63% of the average August rainfall fell in just nine hours.

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Londonderry was worst affected, with the downpours forcing the City of Derry Airport to close and flights to be cancelled.

Emergency services rescued more than 100 people, while others left their homes in the middle of the night.


Shocking images posted on social media show the extent of the damage, including fallen power cables, collapsed roads and large areas completely underwater.

This road collapsed as the rain came pouring down (Picture: PA)

Damage limitation works are already well under way (Picture: PA)

Trees were cut down by violent storms (Picture: PA)

A number of cars have been damaged (Picture: PA)

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Dawn Grieve told the BBC that she and her two young sons were rescued by a tractor.



She said: ‘I had to leave the house, I actually got a tractor ride out of there by two local boys – their mum lives at the top of our street.

‘I have two young boys, one is four and one is two, and we had to get out of there at about half three this morning.’

A number of people were also rescued from cars amid police warnings urging road users to be cautious.

A huge amount of rainfall came down in just nine hours (Picture: PA)

Firefighters had to rescue dozens of people from homes and cars (Picture: PA)

Drivers have been urged to stay safe (Picture: PA)

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Firefighters rescued 93 people while the coastguard saved more than 30.

A Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) spokesman said: ‘NIFRS are continuing to deal with a large number of flood-related incidents across the province as a result of localised heavy rainfall.

‘A considerable number of these incidents have occurred in the west of the province. NIFRS has carried out a number of rescues of persons trapped in vehicles in flood water and we would advise all road users to exercise extreme caution overnight.’

Bridges collapsed and roads were completely submerged during the heavy rainfall.