Hundreds of flood alerts and warnings are in place for England, Wales and Scotland, including more than 20 severe warnings, indicating danger to life.
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Stephen Greenhalgh, Chief Executive of St Catherine’s Hospice, said: “Fortunately the main hospice building, including our in-patient unit, was unaffected by the flooding and our important work was able to carry on as usual”.
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The army has been deployed to help tackle the floods in some areas.
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And local authorities across Yorkshire and the North West were preparing for more flooding as the Environment Agency (EA) issued 31 severe flood warnings, signalling a risk to life. Then it will be very slow to clear which is why we are seeing the rainfall totals mount up to be that little bit more.
Ukip MEP Mike Hookem, who represents Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, also called for further spending on flood defences.
The number of people affected continues to grow as flooding spreads and impacts cities as well as villages and towns.
He said: “As more and more homes are built on floodplains and changing weather patterns bring more rain, we as a country must be better prepared for this type of disaster, and it is up to the government to protect our homes, businesses and heritage from this grave threat”. We are looking at that at the moment.
“My priority is making sure we have a good response effort, that we give families, communities all the help they need to make sure that we protect lives and we protect people’s homes”. Many of them were centred around the A65, Wellington Street and Kirkstall Road areas.
“Overnight on Tuesday and into Wednesday, it really becomes more of a feature of rain, and obviously we don’t want any more rain exacerbating the flooding situation”.
The ABI said that customers would be contacted proactively in flooded areas to offer assistance, and that loss adjusters would be sent to flooded homes as businesses “as soon as is practically possible”.
“A less visible but vital task has been to identify vulnerable people who may be in need of extra support because they’re not fully independent, whether they live alone or in supported accommodation”.
“We are not yet at the point where we know how bad it is going to be”.
Up to 40mm of rain could fall, rising to 80mm on higher ground, forecasters said.
He said: “We have been trapped since last night”.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes after water breached flood barriers and poured into the streets.
The company said its engineers had managed to restore power to 18,000 customers since the severe flooding hit but warned that some properties may be without power until Monday.
Communities in Hebden Bridge, Mythamroyd and Sowerby Bridge are among the areas most affected by flooding disruption and emergency services are working in partnership in these and other locations.
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