Flood alerts have been issued around the Biddulph area as Storm Christoph is set to bring in a significant amount of rain.

The Environment Agency has asked residents around the area to "be prepared" for the risk of flooding in the coming days.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Biddulph, although this becomes an amber weather warning just north of Congleton.

In the yellow warning, the Met Office said: "Spells of prolonged and heavy rain may lead to flooding and disruption to travel in places."

And in the amber warning, they added: "Heavy rainfall combined with some snowmelt across the hills is likely to lead to flooding."

Across the country as a whole there are currently 163 flood alerts and 23 flood warnings issued by the Environment Agency.

To view these flood alerts in full, visit the interactive map on the Government's website here.

And for the latest weather warnings, visit the Met Office website here.