Thousands more people were preparing to flee their homes, with 24 severe flood warnings in place – meaning a danger to life – and more than 500 troops being deployed across the region to help with mass evacuations. The peak at Leeds Crown Point is expected around 23.00 tonight.
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“Whether the flood defences would have stopped this happening, it’s hard to say”.
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The latest floods come three weeks after another part of northern England, Cumbria, was badly hit by Storm Desmond. More than 6,000 homes in Greater Manchester and Lancashire were left without electricity due to damage by flood waters. Hundreds of people were affected after the flood barrier on the River Foss raised and the River Ouse is expected to keep rising, peaking at around midday at 5.4m. Environment Secretary Liz Truss told the BBC that the amount of rain had been “unprecedented”.
A picturesque 200-year-old pub, The Waterside, in the greater Manchester area, collapsed, with part of the structure swept away by the River Irwell.
The M62 in Greater Manchester was closed by a 20ft sinkhole which opened up in the road between junctions 19 and 20 as the north of England was battered by a deluge of rain.
Police and local authorities across the affected areas warned people not to drive unless necessary. The military along with the police and mountain rescue teams joined forces on Sunday to help evacuate people and reinforce York’s flood defenses with sandbags, as reported by The New York Times.
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In 2012 the Community Foundation for Calderdale handed out more than £150,000 to people who were flooded and are again raising money to provide materials to help the clean-up operation once the flood waters have subsided.
Dozens of rescues have been carried out across northern England, including one in the town of Mytholmroyd, where an elderly man was hauled through the sunroof of his 4×4 by rescuers just as flood waters reached the roof of his vehicle.
Insurers have pledged emergency payments and alternative accommodation to customers caught up in the floods.
Mark Shepherd, the organisation’s manager for general insurance policy, promised the measures.
The Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn, Labour’s former Environment Secretary, said many businesses in his city had been damaged and, although the torrent of water had slowed, some of his neighbours were asked to leave their homes as a precaution.
Flood defences at a number of its substations have been breached with engineers working round the clock to restore power.
“We are continuing to bring generators to the area but can only connect them where it is safe to do so”.
“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”.
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The operator said 9,500 properties remain without power, including 5,500 in Rochdale, 1,500 in Radcliffe, 1,500 in Padiham and 700 in Bury.
