British Prime Minister David Cameron has sent hundreds more troops into northern England to help exhausted residents and emergency workers fight back rising waters.
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“Well, in York there are two sets of flood defences – the flood defences on the Ouse, which have worked, and then the flood defences on the Foss, which weren’t able to work”, he told reporters, “and that’s why there’s been the flooding that there has been”.
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The British Army stepped in on Sunday to help evacuate hundreds of people from waterlogged homes across the country, as swollen rivers and heavy rainfall brought misery to parts of the north and unleashed a spate of political recriminations, according to The New York Times.
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The heavy rainfall has caused river levels to increase to records, Truss said.
Many places 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.
Lord Deben, chairman of the Government’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change, renewed demands for curbs on homes being built in flood-risk areas, accusing successive governments of ignoring warnings.
“After any one of these events, it’s right to sit down, look at what you’ve spent, what you’ve built, what you’re planning to spend, what you’re planning to build and work out is it in the right places, are we doing it in the right way, do we need to do more?”
On Sunday, Mr. Cameron’s office said 200 military personnel were being deployed to flood-affected areas, alongside the 300 already there, with a further 1,000 being held in reserve in case the situation worsened.
But he insisted the government had spent “more per head of the population on flood defences in the north than we do in the south”.
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.
He added: “You can’t do much about it. We’re on the top floor”.
Amber warnings for rain are in place for parts of Scotland on Wednesday too.
“But let’s look at where we’re building it, where we’re spending it and see if there’s more that can be done”.
Members of the emergency services transport residents to safety after their homes were affected by floodwaters in northern England.
Mr Wardle said he had been relying on Twitter to get up-to-date flood warnings but was left unable to check on danger levels as water levels rose.
Judith Blake, the leader of Leeds City Council, said the authority had warned the Government that flooding in Leeds was a “catastrophe waiting to happen”.
David Cameron is expected to visit stricken communities in the north of England on Monday – but not everyone seems to be especially pleased at the prospect.
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Flooded riverside properties in Kings Street, York, as swamped towns and cities continue to struggle against the Christmas floods.
