After a telephone conference with ministers and officials on an emergency committee, Cameron promised Sunday to send more troops to “do whatever is needed” in parts of the country stricken by floods caused by what he described as “unprecedented” conditions.
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The floodwaters were easing in many areas but forecasters say more heavy rain is expected on Wednesday.
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Members of Cleveland Mountain Rescue and soldiers from 2 Battalion The Duke of Lancasters Regiment assist members of the public as they are evacuated from the Queens Hotel in York city centre as the River Ouse floods on December 27, 2015 in York, England.
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The River Ouse is around 5.1m above its normal summer levels and is expected to keep rising until it approaches its highest level ever recorded – 5.4m – at around lunchtime on Monday.
In the early hours of this morning the Environment Agency had issued 31 severe flood warnings – the highest level of alert – with about half a dozen issued in York.
“Obviously it’s a guessing game as to what would have happened had they not taken that decision”, he said.
In Strensall, families celebrating their first Christmas in The Tannery, a new housing development, spent the day watching the Foss creeping up their gardens and were warned to prepare to evacuate their homes, while the main street through the village also flooded.
The River Aire, in Leeds, was predicted by the EA to have reached “record levels” at 11pm on Saturday night, with nine severe flood warnings in place.
City of York Council set up a rest centre for residents at Archbishop Holgate School.
“Provisions are in place across multi-agencies following overwhelming river levels for the Foss and Ouse”, she added.
In a statement, the Agency said: “Because of water entering the Foss Barrier building the pumps are in danger of failing due to electrical failure”.
The Met Office said rain overnight would be much lighter than the recent downpours, but Storm Frank – the sixth of the season – would arrive by this evening.
That would have meant any water flowing down the River Foss would have backed up behind it and created a reservoir behind the Foss barrier.
Hundreds of flood alerts and warnings are in place for England and Wales.
Following the meeting Mr Sturdy said “The Environment Secretary has assured me that more funding will be made available to help get York residents and businesses back on their feet as quickly as possible”. It’s totally down to the Environment Agency.
“With the clean-up operation now underway, it is essential that we continue to help those most in need and it has been fantastic that everyone has rallied together at this hard time”.
She said: “Why on earth have they not maintained it?”
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“Hopefully the impact will be very small, and it will just be a few days in the short term where the city is out of action”.
