Weather chaos: More than 1,000 UK homes flooded

Two out three PS of broke that the rain has stopped for now doesn’t help when the water’s already inside your home it wasn’t expecting it quite often they say that we’re going to flood and then I woke up this morning to this it was a bit of a shock for my sister-in-law now

You got to try and get the water out get a house dry and livable again well it’s just not nice is it it’s not a nice feeling so all what you’ve worked for could just be washed away so it’s not nice it was the early hours of this morning when this street filled

With water and then that water forced its way inside people’s homes and you know just look the sandbags that people have got in their doorways done very little to keep the water out in places it’s up to your thighs this area flooded back in 2007 so people here they know

What’s in store and that is mon of things being very difficult as they try to get their homes dry and put everything back in order some people left last night others stayed not wanting to leave behind pets but then this morning with the water in needed to

Move it’s been the same for many others in many parts of England this week it’s estimated more than a thousand properties have been flooded in Nottinghamshire where a major incident was declared earlier this week the river Trent is still so full warnings remain in place weather events once said to be

Exceptional according to Nick Green from the environment agency do seem to be happening much more often I can honestly say I’m into double digits the amount of big floods that we’ve had um climate change I don’t know but I think in terms of a a nation as in terms of a community

We need to get a grasp of what could we could be facing in the future um and is simply building big walls good enough to keep Community safe and protected going forward into the future there are questions too about the Here and Now with calls from some for the prime

Minister to go to the worst affected places why didn’t you visit them yesterday when you were so close by well actually I spoke to people in the East Midlands yesterday who had been affected and talking to them about how devastating the impact of flooding is just want people to be reassured that

The environment agency has got people on the ground in all the affected areas also more than uh more hundreds of of high volume pumps are in practice right now making a difference come down here and take a look take an invitation from Lorraine in Longford direct to the Prime

Minister today this area has flooded before but for years not like this and never as fast she told me as it happened this week take a look of what’s been building of why they keep building on flood planes flood planes are there for a reason they’re there to take water but

All they’ve done is they built built built built built this is why we’re in this situation now so it’d be lovely to actually get the government down here to come and have a little look after so much rain and storm after storm the river levels will stay high the risk of

Flooding will remain for the next few days putting homes and lives back in order will take much longer well even though a lot of work is being done to try and move the water that’s affecting areas like this one here over the last few hours the water level doesn’t actually seem to have

Dropped a great deal of toil and this isn’t a small area that’s affected this flood water stretches for as far as I can see and I don’t know if you can see those lights on a van down there that’s one of the frustrations of people here

That people do drive down it even though the road is closed and that sends waves through people’s homes who’ve got water in them one of the things Lorraine who you heard from in my report the woman who wanted the prime minister to come here said to me was that when the water

Came it actually came up it came up from the drains and that means there’s sewage in this water even once this water has gone people here have months of really difficult times ahead of them thanks CLA well earlier I spoke to Alex McDonald an environment agency flood risk adviser

For the East Midlands and I asked her why that region has also been so badly affected so we’ve seen an extremely wet winter um we had very big impact from storm babet in October with record breaking River levels in in darbishire in not Amire and since then the capts

Have been extremely wet so when they had the rainfall over the past few days there been nowhere for that water to go and again it’s broken River levels in the leera area and we’re seeing that impact through naum sure at the moment now are are these sorts of events

Becoming more common it does seem that way yes we we are seeming like we’re feeling the impacts of climate change in the East Midlands every winter it seems like we’re having a series of Storms and we’re having prophecies flooding storm B in October was extremely impactful with thousands of properties in the East

Midlands and we’re having numbers in the hundreds at the moment and still cleating them from Storm Hank so what what would it take just in the East Midlands to stop these sorts of um weather patterns from from flooding so many homes so we do have a program of

Investment um in the East Midlands working with partners and the local authorities however we’re seeing really high river levels um and we can’t just keep building walls and defenses ever higher so when we’re working with partners and communities we’re looking at what other measures we can do so trying to make communities more

Resilient through things like property flood resilience what what’s is property flood resilience so property flood resilience is ways that you can or things that you can do to your property such as installing flood doors changing your air bricks so that they close when flood water touches your property fruit

Of things like raising your electric water Pro plaster board I mean you know you said we couldn’t just keep building flood defenses um and I guess a lot of people will say well why not yeah I think when we’re looking at the river levels and the the climate change

Predictions the Ws would need to be really really high in some locations and those are in idyllic Villages like we’ve got in the Pete district and they’re the places that people want to go to in the summer when the water is low to enjoy that environment and building defenses

Through those types of uh places will completely complely changed the look and feel of character of those areas there was a National Audit office report at the end of last year which said that the environment agency had underspent on flood defenses what kind of impact does that have on protecting homes we really

Feel for people and we’d love to move faster when we’re looking at um a capital scheme and building flood defenses it cost millions of pounds and we do have to look at the economics of the situation and and deal with the the calculations and the business case rules

That we’ve got set you’re saying in some ways you don’t want to build more flood defenses you want to make homes more resilient but on the other hand you’re saying well the economics are challenging as well so do you need more money to spend on flood defenses or not

We need to look at how we can do things differently so we’re looking at significant investment into things like natural flood management um so working in those upper catchments trying to stop water at its source and slow the flow and rate of that into the water courses

And it’s a whole range of different things that we need to P together to help to make communities more resilient okay Alex McDonald thank you very much thank you

A cold weather alert is in force this weekend – with warnings that waterlogged roads could turn icy. According to the Environment agency – more than a thousand homes have been flooded after days of heavy rain.

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By six o’clock there were 247 flood warnings across the UK with another 267 flood alerts. Surging waters in the River Avon, the Severn and the Trent caused widespread disruption – and water levels along the Thames are still rising. Many train services in the southwest of England have been cancelled or diverted.

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47 comments

  3. Well they said it come up from the sewers not from the river so there either a big blockage or you twats have link the sewage to the river if you have that isn't very good and i believe illegal.

  5. We have had constant non stop rain since November and still the government have not activated cobra what is steve barklay doing he made a mess of the nhs not the environment too call cobra bring together the logistics police fire millatary weather experts enviroment agency and sort it out i understand you cant stop rain but you can prepare for further storms which we will likely see

  6. Every year I ask.. "What was done this year to dredge rivers to maybe increase their depth?" You can raise defences or you can deepen the river , no?

  13. Traditional drainage systems, such as drains and sewers, are designed to manage water in urban areas. However, as cities expand, these systems might become overwhelmed, leading to increased flooding. Additionally, the alteration of natural landscapes during urbanization, such as covering green spaces with concrete, disrupts the natural flow of water and reduces the land's ability to absorb rainfall, contributing further to flood risks.

  14. How many of the people in here complaining about building on flood plains are the same ones who say we need more houses.

  16. The money and resources to help these people is being spent housing illgeal imigrants in their warm homes.

  17. Had a family fit all these flood defence doors etc in the home and they do Jack S***. These people don’t have a clue

  18. The solution to this problem is to build 3 storey high houses .

    3rd floor you have your bedrooms,
    2nd floor you have your living room kitchen etc.
    1st/ground floor you have your garage for your boat. Problem solved.

  20. How old are our drains? Most of them were built around the turn of the 20th Century and considering the rate of the changes in climate, they aren't up to date or man enough to deal with the levels of water now, the government should be renewing them all, or expanding them to deal with the rain fall we have now, we can't expect ancient drains to deal with the modern world, some houses aren't even covered by insurance because of the risk of flooding in the area so the government should cover their costs of damage!!

  21. The Island is falling apart yet still the illegals are allowed to pour in. If you want to see your future its at the bottom of the sea.

  22. Rishi didnt visit because Rishi doesnt care. Its obvious its climate change but Rishis and the Conservatives mates are big oil boys and Rishi has enough money to do one somewhere dry.

  23. Hilarious that UK thinks too much building is happening when actually the UK is incredibly slow at building enough homes. That's why things are crowded, small, and overpriced.

    You absolutely can build on flood plains, you just need to spend money and expertise on actually doing the engineering properly.

    It's absolutely within the engineering and scientific potential of the human race to solve problems like this, we just haven't done it due to wrong incentives, incompetence, and a missing culture of achieving impressive engineering feats. Just ask any of the countries in the world that do build impressive engineering works. Look at man-made islands, reclaimed lands, putting people in space, etc.

  24. A lot of places in Nottinghamshire the water is coming up through the grown floors of homes, the water table is that high, mainly caused by new build estates and inadequate drainage

  30. Research chemtrails and seeding. Weather deliberately created since at least the 60s. Nothing to do with climate change. Land is looked after properly. Rivers arent dredged anymore. Trees are being demolished for building houses. Council destroying trees which the land needs. Network rail have demolished loads of trees on banks by railways. Trees soak up water. Sadly this weather is deliberate. Its not climate change.

  32. Whats the big deal,that what happens when you build on a flood plain,thats why its called a flood plain,morons why are they talking about climate change

  36. El nino year always wetter natural cycle . But lets blame it on climate change bs. Climate has changed for 3.5 billion years will do always. 1970's they said we are entering an ice age by the 90's they decided no it's global warming. Now they cover all bases and whatever happens it's climate change. Half the world should be underwater already by the alarmist idiots claims that have been made in the past Al Gore for example. Just an excuse to blame you and me and tax everyone for their 'carbon footprint' . Want to make a difference plant a 🌴 tree.

  40. Why is it nobody has a brain in government.
    Rivers take water, that water drains off of the land. Therefore silt washes into the river. Silt settles to the river bed. Over time this raises the river bed. Result the river cannot contain large volumes of water like it used to.
    Rivers used to be regularly dredged to stop this.
    Enter the green people !!!!. You cannot do that you will destroy the habitat of fish etc.
    So peoples homes flood.
    Solution dredge the Rivers like they did back in our grandparents time. Mother nature has a habit of coming back time and time again.
    So let's get sensible for once if that's at all possible!!!!. Dredge the Rivers and save peoples homes. Mother nature will do the rest and the green movement will be happy.
    Infact everyone will be happy 😊.

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  44. So sad. This is what happens when you no longer clean out the road gulleys or dredge rivers. Something which was carried out regularly a few years ago.

  46. Dredge the rivers – maintain public drainage systems – plant trees/ greenery – & stop the building of toytown housing estates with tons of impermeable surfaces.

    This is not global warming – it's the result of cutbacks, poor planning & council incompetence

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