The river has swollen following days of torrential rain and flooding in North Yorkshire causing the stone side of the structure to fall away exposing broken pipes.
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A historic North Yorkshire town has been cut in half after a 300-year-old bridge collapsed last night in a surge of flood water.
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Police officers cordon off an area near Tadcaster bridge.
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Heavy rain and gales brought on by Storm Frank are battering the United Kingdom bringing fears of fresh flooding and further misery.
Homes and businesses in the town, about 10 miles from York, have been badly affected by flooding which has left large swathes of northern England deluged.
In York, police condemned thieves who looted homes submerged in dirty water.
At the scene yesterday, Conservative Selby and Ansty MP Nigel Adams said he had been on the bridge with Communities Secretary Greg Clark just hours before it collapsed.
According to the Tadcaster town council website, the current structure was built around 1700.
The chairman of the Environment Agency (EA) Sir Philip Dilley is due to visit flood victims there after he returned from a Christmas holiday to Barbados amid criticism at the timing of his break during some of the worst storms in decades. We did go on to have a look at some of the damage. ‘But I thought it was important that I showed the secretary of state the severity of the damage’.
The storm is expected to cause major disruptions in Cumbria and southern and central Scotland, the Press Association reported, quoting Floods Minister Rory Stewart who warned there could be a “very bad situation” for residents already hit by floods.
In many areas the ground is still saturated from previous downpours and river levels remain at record highs.
Elland Bridge in West Yorkshire has been closed after the carriageway crumbled and collapsed after the floods.
The army were drafted in to help EA staff fix York’s Foss barrier.
There are now four severe flood warnings, 46 flood warnings and 81 flood alerts in place across England and Wales.
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Calderdale Council is warning residents to only make essential journeys as the fix and clean up work continues after the devastating floods in Calderdale on Boxing Day.
