FLOOD alerts have been issued on several rivers and brooks across Derbyshire today.
They follow a night of heavy rain which has caused a rapid thaw of more than six inches of snow which fell
on Friday evening into the early hours of Saturday morning.
River levels are already up and are expected to continue rising throughout the day as the melt-off finds its way down through the count's river system.
The Environment Agency alerts warn that flooding to low-lying areas is possible and for people to be prepared.
They are: River Dove between Rocester and Clay Mills and Carsington and Mayfield on the Henmore Brook; River Amber at Ambergate, River Ecclesbourne at Duffield; River Wye between Asford and Bakewell; Foston and Hilton brooks and River Trent between Newton Solney and Castle Donnington.
There could be further rain later today but forecasters say it will be light and generally temperatures will be much higher than recently.
In a weekend of mixed weather fortunes rural areas were worst hit by the heavy snowfall, which started on Friday night and caused chaos on some roads and country lanes.
But even Derby's suburbs were affected by the weather and some bus routes shortened or diverted because of hazardous driving conditions.
For a time roads worst affected by the snow included: the A50 towards Sudbury and the A52 and A515 at Ashbourne, along with the usually-blocked routes across the north of the county - including the Snake Pass and Cat and Fiddle Road.
The snowy conditions also led to number of events being cancelled including the planned RSPB Big Garden Watch event in Derby's Market Place on Saturday.
But, despite the conditions, Derbyshire police said no major accidents had been reported to them and the number of calls they received on Friday night were much the same as usual.
