Full list of all 293 flood warnings still in place across UK
05.01.2024 - 11:57
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Nearly 300 flood warnings remain in place across the UK after days of heavy rain. The deluge has led to the closure of a number of rail lines and the evacuation of a number of homes.
It comes just days after disruption caused by strong winds and rain from Storm Henk, which has left the ground saturated and more prone to flooding, according to forecasters.
Great Western Railway (GWR) has warned several lines remain closed due to flooding, including between Swindon and Bristol Parkway, Reading and Castle Cary, and Liskeard and Looe in Cornwall. A landslip at Arlesey in Bedfordshire was also affecting Thameslink services.
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In east London, around 50 people were led to safety by firefighters overnight after a canal burst its banks in Hackney Wick. And in Nottinghamshire a major incident was declared due to rising levels along the River Trent.
Several residents of Radcliffe Residential Park, an estate of static caravans for the over-55s just to the east of the city, had to be evacuated.
The Environment Agency said ongoing impacts are likely across much of England over the next five days. Caroline Douglass, the Environment Agency’s flood director, said the Trent was at “some of the highest levels we’ve seen in 24 years”.
She told BBC Breakfast more than 1,000 properties had been flooded across England this week, with that figure likely to increase.
She added: “We have had very wide rainfall. Over November and December, following Storm Babet and Storm Ciaran, the ground was incredibly saturated right across the country, particularly in the east.
“But also that’s just been topped up over the pre-Christmas period. That rainfall from this