A spring tide last night was the highest on record by the Environment Agency in Southampton.

All three monitoring stations on the city's coast registered record sea levels just before midnight, as the spring tide and strong winds brought by Storm Pierrick swept into the city.

Environment Agency data reveals that the tide reached 2.96m above sea level in Woolston at 11.45pm on Monday night - beating the previous highest level of 2.88m.

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Meanwhile, at monitoring stations at Eling and Hamble, new levels were also reached.

The high tide at Eling reached 3.04m at 11.45pm - the previous record was 2.66m - and at Hamble it reached 2.87m, above the previous highest level of 2.8 metres.

It comes as the city woke up to flooding in different areas such as a car park in Chapel Road, Bitterne Manor, as well as Eling.

The city was battered by strong winds overnight after a yellow weather warning was issued by the Met Office.

Multiple flood warnings were issued for coastal areas of Southampton as high tides were expected.