There was chaos across Merseyside today as heavy rain and flooding caused numerous accidents and even a road off a motorway to "crumble".
One car flipped onto its roof on the M62, with police, ambulance and the fire service soon on the scene.
A number of other accidents were also reported, causing a delay on the roads.
Meanwhile North West Motorway Police posted an update on Twitter saying flooding on a road off the M56 had caused it to "crumble".
The police also posted a photograph showing cracks and dips in the carriageway, as well as flowing water, The Liverpool Echo reports.
The update said: "Not on the motorway but may affect motorists exiting at J14, M56, Cheshire Police currently have Ince Lane closed at it's junction with A5117, Elton, due to the road crumbling caused by flooding. Access can be gained to Elton via School Lane."
One Liverpool Echo reader, Aaron Wood, sent pictures to the paper of flooding in Dovecot, Liverpool where cars can be seen driving through water half a tyre deep.
The Met Office predicted there would be more settled and largely dry weather heading into the night, especially inland, but tomorrow and Friday could see more heavy rain, gusty winds and thunderstorms for some regions.
Saturday, however, is currently looking drier and sunnier.
Paul Gundersen, Met Office Chief Forecaster, said: “The influence of low pressure - with associated thunderstorms and bouts of heavy rain - will continue to dominate this week, especially on Friday.
"Though, the low pressure will finally move eastwards on Saturday, meaning that many will have a dry day with some sunshine."
He said that hurricanes working their way across the Atlantic typically cause disruptions to UK weather patterns during the autumn months.
He explained: "Although the cooler conditions outside of the tropics cause [the hurricanes] to decay quickly, they can bring disruption to weather patterns by bringing lots of moist and relatively warm air which often becomes entrained within other home-grown weather systems.”
