A MASSIVE thunderstorm with torrential rain hit Derby this afternoon.
Derbyshire fire service was inundated with calls to
flash floods in almost every area around the city, including Borrowash, Ockbrook, Spondon and Ilkeston.
Police were telling people to take care if they were out driving.
One driver, who did not wish to be named, said he had driven from Nottingham to Derby during the storm.
He said: "The A52 was like a river with great swathes of water flowing across it. Drivers were being sensible with a 30mph top speed and some pulled over. The raindrops werelike pebbles."
Reader Mark Frost, of Nottingham Road, Spondon, took this video at about 5pm.
But it did not stop the Derby Caribbean carnival from carrying on but as the skies turned black, the bad weather sent many people scurrying for cover.
Just before the storm, a power failure to the main stage did not stop the music as the organisers relied on one of the floats to keep things going.
Readers have sent in some of the photographs they took at the height of the storm why don't you send us yours to newsdesk@derbytelegraph.co.uk
Here are some of the flood reports we have been getting from people via Twitter:
The great flood of Spondon! @DerbyTelegraph#flashfloodhttp://t.co/zPCaR4MNlC
— Mark Frost (@MarkyFrosty147) July 19, 2014@DerbyTelegraph Drains couldn't cope with rain water on Sandringham Drive, Spondon - #floods#spondon#stormpic.twitter.com/HNT9o6Upum
— Ramtique (@ramtique) July 19, 2014@DerbyTelegraph And Locko Road, Spondon flooded some motorist almost got stuck, almost 2" deep at nearside.... pic.twitter.com/u58zLgLMOw
— Ramtique (@ramtique) July 19, 2014@DerbyTelegraph Plenty of surface water aquaplane warning Alvaston. Take your time
— Igotblistasonmafeet (@Billyhunt11) July 19, 2014