The flood warning – meaning flooding was expected – applied to the River Witham and associated Fens from Chapel Hill to Boston, including South Kyme Fen, Holland Fen, Great Fen and Wyberton Fen.

More than £16 million has been allocated to the Boston area to combat flooding, it has been announced ... being made in the Skegness area, plus the South Holland and The Deepings, Sleaford ...