Emergency services are on Whitby's New Bridge and main roads around the town are blocked.
Major roads connecting the bridge area into the town centre are gridlocked.
Church Street is blocked and there are long delays from the Industrial Estate on Stainsacre Lane.
Prospect Hill and Mayfield Road which link Whitby to the A169 Pickering Road and to the A171 to Ruswarp are affected.
Roads are now back moving as normal and no casualties have been reported.
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Primary school pupils in North Yorkshire are expected to learn safe self-rescue and swim at least twenty-five metres to help prevent further open water drownings.
A weekend of family fun, live music, and maritime rescue demonstrations will take over Staithes and Runswick Bay to raise vital funds for the RNLI.
Organisers have confirmed that more than £3,000 was raised by the annual Filey Ball Race.
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