There have been no fatalities or serious injuries reported but hundreds of people have been evacuated from houses and apartments in York, 320 kilometres north of London, where 3500 properties are judged to be at risk.
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The Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, John O’Hare, said: “There is still a lot of work to be done in some areas so this [recovery] phase may take some time, but the emergency services and local authorities will continue to work tirelessly to help those affected by the floods”.
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After chairing a conference call of the COBRA emergency committee on the floods, he said the situation for many was “incredibly serious”.
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“We’ve chose to deploy more military resources, more military personnel, to help”.
Emergency financial assistance will also be put in place for affected areas, and homes and businesses damaged by flooding caused by Eva will have access to the same package of support announced for those affected by Storm Desmond.
He said: “You would have thought David Cameron had learnt the lesson from the floods of 2013/14”.
Environment Secretary Liz Truss acknowledged that flood defences in York, Leeds and Lancashire had been “overwhelmed”, and said they will now be reviewed.
He told the BBC: “Whenever these things happen, you should look at what you’ve spent, look at what you’ve built, look at what you’re planning to spend, look at what you’re planning to build, and ask whether it’s in the right places, whether it’s enough, whether we’re doing everything we can to try and help”.
Speaking to Radio 4’s Today programme, Mr Rooke said the United Kingdom was moving from a period of “known extremes” of weather to one of “unknown extremes” – something which a government review of flood defences would consider before reporting next summer.
Shadow environment secretary Kerry McCarthy said the Government must “drop its complacency” over the need for climate change adaptation.
Around 500 properties were flooded in York, one of Britain’s top tourist destinations, on Sunday as two rivers burst their banks.
London, Dec 27 Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes in northern England hit by “unprecedented” flooding as Prime Minister David Cameron today ordered deployment of more troops to tackle the chaos during the Christmas holiday season.
Weeks of persistent rainfall has saturated the ground and swollen the rivers to record levels, leaving entire swathes of northern England, and smaller parts of Wales and Scotland, vulnerable.
The worst-hit areas will have some respite from rain but the crisis looks set to continue as more bad weather sweeps in.
Hundreds of flood warnings were in place around the country, with 31 of them severe, signalling a risk to life.
“GMB members at the Environment Agency still do not know what day-to-day revenue spending will be on maintenance of flood defences from 2016/17 onwards”. City of York Council spokesman Charlie Croft said “we are still in the middle of a major incident, though tentative positive news is that the river may now have stopped rising at this point”.
The Environment Agency begged people to be cautious, tweeting that driving or walking in flowing flood waters could be life-threatening.
Hundreds of people have also been evacuated from other parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire and the army has been drafted in to help with the flood response.
Many places in northern England have seen record river levels over the past 24 hours, including the River Aire in Leeds, and the rivers Calder and Ribble, affecting places such as Whalley, Hebden Bridge and Ribchester.
People wade through floodwater after the River Ouse bursts its…
Up to a month’s worth of rain has fallen across northern England in recent days, and flood waters have hit cities and towns including Manchester, Rochdale and Leeds.
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“We’ll do everything we can to help people in their hour of need”.
