As soon as the British had time to celebrate Christmas, the authorities asked them to turn off the Christmas lights and not turn on household appliances unless absolutely necessary so that the electricity grid could cope with the load due to the flood. As a result of heavy rains, rivers overflowed their banks and flooded the cities in the north of England.
This image clearly shows the extent of the flooding in York, Yorkshire. About 4 thousand local residents were forced to evacuate their flooded homes.
Heavy torrential rains caused rivers in and around York to burst their banks, flooding hundreds of homes. The evacuation of local residents continued for several days.
Rescuers are knocking on every door in search of the townspeople who were left in flooded homes in York. About 160 millimeters of rain fell in Yorkshire, causing flooding.
David Cameron instructed to do everything necessary to help the residents of the flood-affected regions.
The flooded city of York.
Local residents assess the extent of destruction from the section of the road where the water has already drained.
Rescued girl and her father in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. Rescuers evacuated them through a window on the second floor of the house.
Emergency workers float down Huntington Road, flooded by the overflowing Foss River, in York City.
The lifeguard speaks to a local resident.
A man carries beer kegs from a flooded Red Lion pub in York.
Rescuers wave to people trapped in a flooded house.
A flock of sheep in Cawood, North Yorkshire, flooded by the overflowing Wharf River.
A flock of sheep in Cawood, North Yorkshire.
Army and rescuers evacuate residents of the flooded city of York.
A lifeguard carries a woman out of a flooded house in York.
A flooded street in downtown York.
According to some locals, they were lucky to escape unscathed after the collapse of part of the building that housed the Waterside pub in Summerseat, Lancashire. After heavy rains, the water level in the Irwell River reached an unprecedented high.
Car tops are barely visible on the flooded streets of York.
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I recently spoke about the flood in Italy, which reached as far as Rome, in my Lightning Online magazine. Disturbing news arrived today from England, and the day before from neighboring Scotland. They drown too.
Downpours that led to flooding in England and Scotland provoked disruption of communications in many parts of these countries, reports http://earth-chronicles.ru with reference to the BBC Russian Service. The greatest amount of precipitation fell just in the border areas. Torrential rains hit English Wales.
It is believed that in the UK began the most severe flood in the history of the country.
Heavy rains and strong winds are wreaking havoc across the UK this week. Meteorologists call the next 48 hours the most dangerous. Moreover, they claim that it will flood almost the entire territory of the country.
The flood is already drowning cities and other settlements, flooding roads, breaking wires, destroying houses and destroying fertile land. Many infrastructure structures were damaged.
Hurricane-force winds of 80 miles per hour drive water across the UK. Forecasters assure with some haste that such a large-scale flood was not expected, because it has not yet been in the history of the country.
The further forecast does not promise anything good. Local media cite well-known weather forecaster Sarah Holland as saying that the rain will continue and even intensify. He laments that predicting the weather is becoming increasingly difficult due to the sudden change in wind.
Experts specifically warn those who live or own property in such settlements like Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. Rain could lead to flooding across parts of central, southern and southwestern England, and southeast Wales. http://pravozashitnik.at.ua.
In the city of Cockermouth in the English county of Cumbria, about 200 people were literally snatched from the jaws of the elements by emergency services. Some of the British, of those who found themselves in a water trap, had to break through the roofs of their own houses and climb up, from where they were filmed by helicopters. At least 50 people were evacuated by RAF helicopters
The water level in the center of Cockermouth has exceeded 2.5 meters. The leadership of the police reported the death of one of the employees, Bill Barker, who until the last moment was on the bridge in the city of Workington, warning drivers of the danger. He died when the bridge collapsed under the pressure of the overflowing river.
Road and rail communication was disrupted. Rising water knocked out a substation in north Wales, leaving about 2,000 houses without power.
According to the British Minister for the Environment, the situation in the region is "very serious".
Severe flooding is also rampant in nine areas of Scotland. In the Dumfries and Galloway area, due to floods, blocked 30 highways, since movement on them is impossible or deadly. On other highways of the country, traffic is significantly difficult. Police are warning of poor visibility on the roads and urging drivers to be vigilant.
In England and Wales, a series of heavy downpours with wind is expected to continue as a result of Storm Angus, which caused flash flooding and chaos in traffic.
It is reported that the south-west and north-west of England and South Wales will still be affected by heavy rains.
As a result of such weather conditions many roads were blocked, trains were canceled, and one ferry was washed ashore in the sea. A flood warning has also been issued for Yorkshire.
Forecasters warn that the weather will not change until the end of this week.
In addition, meteorologists report that wet weather will move to the north of the country, where winds up to 80 miles per hour are expected.
Agency for environment issued 73 flood warnings. This means that the chance of flooding is still very high in England and Wales.
Meteorological Bureau forecaster Alex Burkill said weather conditions won't improve until the end of the week.
He also said strong winds are expected to the north, northwest and south coast of Hampshire.
“While the main stream of downpours is behind us, we still have to deal with strong winds, which are expected to cause additional problems.”
Angus, the first storm of the season, hit the south coast of England with heavy downpours and high winds.
