THERE was more flood misery this week for residents as torrential rain and winds battered the Fylde Coast.

Teachers and pupils at Grange Park County Primary and Christ the King RC Primary on Grange Park and Manor Beach County Primary in Cleveleys returned after half-term to find their schools flooded.

Roads and fields around Norcross were under water for the third time in as many months and some gardens of homes in Cleveleys were submerged by two feet of water.

Lib Dem chairman Steven Bate had calls from worried residents as water levels rose dangerously close to the tops of doorsteps on homes in The Spinney at Anchorsholme.

Anchorsholme Lib Dem Councillor Jon Bamborough asked a Blackpool Council engineer to track down the cause of the flooding in the area and was told it was a blocked dyke under Amounderness Way on the Wyre side of the boundary.

But Wyre Borough Council said the dyke was not blocked and most of the flooding occurred because the main drainage, highway drainage and watercourse systems were totally overloaded.

White Carr Lane at Norcross was totally flooded and closed to traffic and several homes in the area were also flooded. Sandbags were issued and pumps were installed to direct the water into the main drainage system -- the Warren Drive sewer -- which still had room for more water. The field on the corner of Amounderness Way and Victoria Road East had turned into a vast lake and even had a family of swans swimming on it.

The build-up of rainfall got too much for the drainage system at Manor Beach School and a house in the grounds was under 6ft of water.

Headmaster Peter Ellacott said: "Monday was an inset day for teachers but the flooding affected the heating and hot water. It wasn't a major problem but it did take time to fix.

"We decided to shut the school on Tuesday too because without the boiler it was just too cold and there would be no school meals for the children," he said. Christ the King RC Primary School in Grange Park also had to turn pupils away on Monday because one of the reception classrooms was flooded. Headteacher Jo Fleming said the steady downpour built up a lake on the playground which eventually streamed down into the building.

She said: "Our deputy head Mr Wilson had to stand outside the school telling the children to go home and other teachers were busy mopping up the encroaching water.

North West Water said Blackpool's drainage system was tested over the weekend and shown to be working correctly, including the main sewer under Warren Drive -- the cause of the previous spate of floodings.

A spokesman said: "All the pumps and equipment in the Anchorsholme area was working properly. There were no reports of malfunctioning equipment."

The region was still on flood alert after more storms and torrential rain has been forecast over the next few days.

Pictured is a scene more reminiscent of a ride on Blackpool Pleasure Beach.