this is bbc news. we will be bringing you the latest on the flooding that has hit large parts of england and wales following storm henk. the environment agency says levels on the reeva trent or some of the highest seen in 2a years. right now, more than 300 flood alerts and many were warnings are in place. look at this map from the environment agency. it shows all the places that have alerts. you can see most of them are in southern, eastern and central england. we will be live on some of the worst hit area shortly. mairead smyth reports. yet more heavy rain on already sodden ground. in nottinghamshire, a major incident has been declared as the river trent continued to rise, as high as it's been

in more than 20 years. the peak expected today. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their flooded homes. and a few miles south in loughborough, this flat ruined by floodwater. darren�*s father had to be rescued in the early hours of yesterday morning. there was three feet of water whereas today i'm looking at it and there's no water. the river severn also expected to peak today. belongings piled high in this cottage in worcester to escape the worst of the damage. in the village of longford near gloucester, catherine is helping to look after her mum's house which was surrounded by water, again from the river severn. it's 2007 all over again and it's, yeah, itjust means, mum, if it does go through it would be nine months out again. and this is what the river avon did to alice and mark's garden in fordingbridge. the flood defence swamped. the garden would get flooded, it did last year. so we had to start bringing

all of the equipment and tools that we had in the garden and all of the toys for the children and start bringing them up closer to the house, which is on higher ground. the water breached a couple of weeks ago and now it's the riverbank has gone as well. anyone travelling by train today is advised to check their service before they set off after major disruption to multiple routes, including great western railway and south western railway. this was the scene at hinton admiral station last night. the rail line between liskeard and looe looking more like a river. somewhere between newton abbot and totnes we ground to a halt and sat there for a couple of hours while they assessed whether they could go through the floodwater or not. there were 259 active flood warnings last night, meaning flooding is expected across much of england, and two in wales, and more than 300 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.

the environment agency is advising people in areas covered by flood warnings to turn off gas, water and electricity supplies, move belongings upstairs and seek safety for family, pets and cars. and after storm henk comes a cold weather alert for all of england from tomorrow until tuesday. mairead smyth, bbc news. we will go live to some pictures of nottinghamshire and some extremely dramatic pictures from our helicopter, as you can see the massive areas that are flooding. this is from storm henk which hit the uk on tuesday which brought strong winds of 130 kilometres an hour at the height and rain as well. in nottinghamshire we have seen the

contributing rivers to the reeva trent flooding. including three rivers reaching their peak so the high water levels go on to the reeva trent. as you can see, dramatic pictures of vast areas being flooded. live to simon ward who is in nottingham. simon, we havejust seen the picture is of flooding, what can you tell us?— seen the picture is of flooding, what can you tell us? yes, good morning- _ what can you tell us? yes, good morning- we — what can you tell us? yes, good morning. we are _ what can you tell us? yes, good morning. we are right _ what can you tell us? yes, good morning. we are right on - what can you tell us? yes, good morning. we are right on the i what can you tell us? yes, good . morning. we are right on the banks of the reeva trent on the border between nottingham and nottinghamshire. look how swollen the reeva trent is this morning. where we are looking at, you wouldn't see the water at this kind of level, steps going down at a normal level, so much higher than normal. it hasn't reached a record which was in the year 2000 when it was 5.5 metres at a place called colic not far from here and it has reached 5.3 metres overnights are not far from the record but the

river trent was the biggest concern in the east midlands and in nottinghamshire. nottinghamshire county council have declared this as a major incident, meaning they are urging all communities living along the flow of the river trent to be extra vigilant at the moment. we are hoping it has reached the peak. they don't want to say definitely, there could be another surge but they are hoping the river trent has reached its peak and then expecting the water to stay at this level for some time. the east midlands has been hit in the last few days by the aftermath of storm henk across leicestershire, derbyshire and nottinghamshire, we have seen homes and people evacuated from their homes in many parts of the area and in nottinghamshire, more than 100 homes have been affected. animals being rescued across the region as well and many businesses have also been flooded and have had to close. 0ne been flooded and have had to close. one of the biggest problems we have heard emphasise from the authorities in nottinghamshire today is to drivers not to drive through flood

water. also to obey the road closed signs, unfortunately people have been driving through closed roads and getting themselves and their cars stranded. that has been one of the big difficulties but people in this part of the world are hoping it has reached the peak on the water will receive now.— has reached the peak on the water will receive now. simon, it is quite flat in that — will receive now. simon, it is quite flat in that part— will receive now. simon, it is quite flat in that part of— will receive now. simon, it is quite flat in that part of the _ will receive now. simon, it is quite flat in that part of the uk - will receive now. simon, it is quite flat in that part of the uk when - will receive now. simon, it is quite| flat in that part of the uk when you compare to other parts of the uk and we are seeing a lot of farmland in these pictures, which appears to be completely flooded, it is very dramatic?— completely flooded, it is very dramatic? ~ , , , . ., dramatic? absolutely, yes. we have seen near loughborough _ dramatic? absolutely, yes. we have seen near loughborough just - seen near loughborough just yesterday and the last couple of days, there was rescues of horses, they had to get boats into rescue some horses. they did save those horses but sadly some animals have died. incidence of a couple of foals who have died and cows as well. some tragic incidents, but lots of farmland has been affected and we saw those rescued yesterday. also

this week in derbyshire, the river derwent has been flowing really strongly. we saw derby rugby club flooded in the last couple of days. but the floodplain as well, as we see in some of the aerial pictures has been doing itsjob and around the derbyshire area, a lot of the water has stayed on the floodplain. but it is so sodden and the water is so deep, as we can see here on the river trent, so deep, as we can see here on the rivertrent, it so deep, as we can see here on the river trent, it would take while for that water to flow away.— that water to flow away. thank you ve much that water to flow away. thank you very much indeed. _ that water to flow away. thank you very much indeed. simon - that water to flow away. thank you very much indeed. simon updatingj that water to flow away. thank you i very much indeed. simon updating us from nottingham are showing you the pictures are very widespread flooding, but reassuring us the authorities are suggesting that it will get better from here on authorities are suggesting that it will get betterfrom here on in. let's go to nicky schiller in the newsroom. this problem is not confined by any means to nottingham is it? ~ , , confined by any means to nottingham is it? absolutely not. as you saw earlier, is it? absolutely not. as you saw earlier. we _ is it? absolutely not. as you saw earlier, we have _ is it? absolutely not. as you saw earlier, we have hundreds- is it? absolutely not. as you saw earlier, we have hundreds of- is it? absolutely not. as you saw. earlier, we have hundreds of flood warnings in force at the moment

across large parts of the south. and in particular it is affecting the trains this morning. great western railway is the operator that is severely affected. they are saying you can expect major disruption. great western, gwr run services from london paddington through to penzance and they go through reading and then onto bristol parkway, you go to plymouth and down and they run services into wales, swansea and cardiff. they have got big problems because of the flooding. right now the line is closed between swindon and bristol parkway. it is also closed between reading and castle cary. so the line is closed and a couple of places and they are struggling to run all of the services and they are saying there will be disruption, short—term cancellations and that in some cases, you are advised not to travel at all, particularly in those areas

where those lines are affected. it is notjust gwr, because the other line that goes to the south—west is from london waterloo and that goes down the other line 30 exeter saint david's and there is flooding currently at crewkerne, which means they are unable to run any services between exeter saint david's and yeovil at the moment and so they are advising you not to travel. this is what i gwr spokesman is telling us at the moment, the advice if you are looking to travel.— looking to travel. nicky, this is reall in looking to travel. nicky, this is really in the — looking to travel. nicky, this is really in the wake _ looking to travel. nicky, this is really in the wake of _ looking to travel. nicky, this is really in the wake of two - looking to travel. nicky, this is. really in the wake of two storms looking to travel. nicky, this is - really in the wake of two storms we saw at the end of last year and the ground being quite sodden in the south—west and it is renowned for suffering from this problem, isn't it? ~ , suffering from this problem, isn't it? ~ y suffering from this problem, isn't it? absolutely, i was born in devon and i know — it? absolutely, i was born in devon and i know the _ it? absolutely, i was born in devon and i know the railway _ it? absolutely, i was born in devon and i know the railway line - it? absolutely, i was born in devon and i know the railway line we - it? absolutely, i was born in devon and i know the railway line we are l and i know the railway line we are talking about is one of those ones that whenever there is rain it is always going to have problems.

particularly around exeter saint david's, they have a lot of flooding and the line between taunton down to somerset into devon and then on into cornwall is the one that always has problems. i am just looking at exeter saint david's, these are the live trains at the moment and i'm seeing the service to penzance, 29 minutes delayed, cardiff central, one hour delayed. the service to london waterloo is cancelled and the one to london paddington via bristol is 41 minutes late. cancel to painting, cancel to edinburgh and cancelled to london paddington. we are seeing a lot of these building up, the cancellations on these lines. we saw in that report, flooding on some of those branch lines, so a lot in the south—west as well as the main line that runs from london paddington right through to penzance, a lot of those little branch lines that go off in devon and cornwall and there is flooding on the list card to lou line at the

moment so there is no service running there at all and they are trying to foot plus is on but this has come and they don't always bring those buses into operation. so you are going to have to expect, if you are going to have to expect, if you are thinking of travelling on the trains into the south—west from london, through bristol and into cornwall and devon that they will be those cancellations that could happen at any moment. they may cancel a train a very short notice and looking at the arrivals and departures from exeter saint david's, there will be delayed. and nottingham, i was also looking at the transport situation in nottingham and that the trams and the buses are having issues today because of course, you have seen the aerial pictures we were showing you of the flooding across nottinghamshire. if buses and trams are trying to operate through that there are also going to be problems. if that wasn't enough, there has also been a landslip in

bedfordshire. that is also affecting the train line out of king's cross at the moment. so that is a number of operators that go up from king's cross through bedfordshire. so the operators involved there are lner, hull trains, limo, great northern, grand central and also thames link trains. they are managing to get services through their because of the landslip, but again, the operators are saying services will be delayed and there could be cancellations, a very short time cancellations, a very short time cancellations because they cannot get the train through the landslip in molesey in bedfordshire. the advice across the network in terms of rail, check before you travel. national rail, i was looking there is quite a few pages on their website of all the problems across the country at the moment, so the advice, if you are thinking of travelling on the trains this

morning is to check with national rail before you set out. if you are setting out, expect on those particular lines, the great western railway, south west trains and also those services that go up out of king's cross through bedfordshire that you are going to get some delays on those services and they might also be cancelled.- might also be cancelled. nicky, excellent advice, _ might also be cancelled. nicky, excellent advice, thank - might also be cancelled. nicky, excellent advice, thank you - might also be cancelled. nicky, | excellent advice, thank you very much. let's go further north to our news correspondence and we have been talking about the west country and john maguire is in tewkesbury which is between bristol and birmingham. how badly affected is it? you is between bristol and birmingham. how badly affected is it?— how badly affected is it? you have is in exactly _ how badly affected is it? you have is in exactly the _ how badly affected is it? you have is in exactly the right _ how badly affected is it? you have is in exactly the right place, - how badly affected is it? you have is in exactly the right place, not i is in exactly the right place, not too bad at this stage, is probably the thing that is worth saying. they talk all the time about the floods in 2007, the summer floods, they were absolutely devastating. in tewkesbury abbey itself, and we are on top of the tower of tewkesbury abbey, stood at the dry point

surrounded by flood water. you can see, a lot of the floodplains are doing theirjob this morning. the road that connects with the main motorway, the m5, is blocked. a few homes down below were evacuated overnight, people were brought to a pub i can seejust overnight, people were brought to a pub i can see just down overnight, people were brought to a pub i can seejust down below, two rooms and keep them warm and safe for the night. not as bad as it could have been, i suppose. 2007 was that incredible year. this is the biggest, the highest water levels, the worst flooding since 2007 but thankfully, fingers crossed, not as bad off as that. the vicar of the abbey, the canon rick davis, has invited us to the top of the tower. the town is used to this, how are people getting on? we the town is used to this, how are peeple getting on?— people getting on? we are a resilient community - people getting on? we are a resilient community and - people getting on? we are a i resilient community and people people getting on? we are a - resilient community and people have been pulling together. it has been great _ been pulling together. it has been great to— been pulling together. it has been great to see our council is filling

up great to see our council is filling up sandbags, search and rescue boats going _ up sandbags, search and rescue boats going out— up sandbags, search and rescue boats going out and getting people out of flooded _ going out and getting people out of flooded homes. some people have water_ flooded homes. some people have water coming through the flow and some _ water coming through the flow and some have — water coming through the flow and some have it coming through the doors _ some have it coming through the doors but— some have it coming through the doors. but we have been here before, we are _ doors. but we have been here before, we are a _ doors. but we have been here before, we are a resilient community and we pull together. next week, tewkesbury will he _ pull together. next week, tewkesbury will be open and ready for business. the abbey— will be open and ready for business. the abbey remains dry and much of the town does as well, so at some stage, over hundreds and hundreds of years, people knew what they were doing? years, people knew what they were doinu ? , ~ ., years, people knew what they were doinu ? , . ., , ., years, people knew what they were doinu? , . ., , , doing? they did. what you see is the flood - lains doing? they did. what you see is the floodplains doing _ doing? they did. what you see is the floodplains doing what _ doing? they did. what you see is the floodplains doing what they - doing? they did. what you see is the floodplains doing what they are - floodplains doing what they are supposed to do. tewkesbury has been flooded _ supposed to do. tewkesbury has been flooded since roman times, but what is happening now with climate change. — is happening now with climate change, these things are becoming more _ change, these things are becoming more severe and more frequent than that needs _ more severe and more frequent than that needs to be a wake—up call, not 'ust that needs to be a wake—up call, not just for— that needs to be a wake—up call, not just for tewkesbury, but for all of us. just for tewkesbury, but for all of us the _ just for tewkesbury, but for all of us. the abbey feels like a bit of an arc us. the abbey feels like a bit of an are in _ us. the abbey feels like a bit of an arc in the — us. the abbey feels like a bit of an arc in the middle of a floodplain, like noah's ark and it is a place where — like noah's ark and it is a place where we — like noah's ark and it is a place where we can hold the community in prayer— where we can hold the community in prayer and _ where we can hold the community in prayer and do some cherishing of this fragile creation god has given

us. this fragile creation god has given us it— this fragile creation god has given us if we — this fragile creation god has given us. if we can do a bit more of that, we can— us. if we can do a bit more of that, we can see — us. if we can do a bit more of that, we can see a — us. if we can do a bit more of that, we can see a bit less of this. that is absolutely _ we can see a bit less of this. that is absolutely right, _ we can see a bit less of this. trust is absolutely right, climate change accelerating these events. and for those people just in a row down below who have left their homes overnight, where the water has ingress. people are used to these things so there are flood gates as far as the eye can see, sandbags everywhere but if you look down below, for example, the cricket club is underwater, the rugby club a bit further over isn't. but this large car park he is all on the water as well. a couple of cars i have seen submerge, i was talking to someone this morning who said his car was out and the water level rose rapidly over 2a hours he hardly had time to go out and move his car to relative safety. i have been talking to somebody has been coming down every day for the last couple of days to try and rescue his car which had

broken down before christmas but has been consumed by the water. people want to redecorate their homes, dry them out every decorate their homes. the vicar of tewkesbury abbey said this is a very resilient community, they know what they are doing and thankfully they know how to deal with situations like this because they are becoming more frequent. back to you. john, thank you. resilient both in preparation and psychologically, by the sound of things. let's get back to nottinghamshire and neil clark is from nottinghamshire county council. we were hearing about some very practical preparations being made in tewkesbury, what preparation also were made in nottinghamshire and what kind? ., . ., what kind? good morning. we have been doin: what kind? good morning. we have been doing a _ what kind? good morning. we have been doing a lot _ what kind? good morning. we have been doing a lot of _ what kind? good morning. we have been doing a lot of work _ what kind? good morning. we have been doing a lot of work over- what kind? good morning. we have been doing a lot of work over many| been doing a lot of work over many years of flood resilience, offering things like floodgates to people

that could be under threat. and then this particular serious incident which came from all that extremely heavy rainfall, then we have been working with district councils and the emergency services and the environment agency to evacuate people from their homes where necessary. probably about 100 or so homes that have been evacuated. but thankfully the river does, our information is, it has peaked and we believe it is now starting to drop. it is probably dropped two or three inches since it peaked last night. so hopefully things are beginning to improve but we still have lots and lots of road closures which we put in place over the last couple of days and regrettably, people are still ignoring those road closures.

they are there for their safety, so it is important we still can keep people safe. it is important we still can keep peeple safe-— it is important we still can keep --eole safe. , . , ., people safe. yes, and there is also a very practical— people safe. yes, and there is also a very practical reason _ people safe. yes, and there is also a very practical reason that - people safe. yes, and there is also a very practical reason that if - a very practical reason that if people drive into floods knowingly, my understanding is they wouldn't necessarily be insured if their car ceases to function?— necessarily be insured if their car ceases to function? yes, i am not an insurance exnert. — ceases to function? yes, i am not an insurance expert, but _ ceases to function? yes, i am not an insurance expert, but i _ ceases to function? yes, i am not an insurance expert, but i am _ ceases to function? yes, i am not an insurance expert, but i am quite - insurance expert, but i am quite sure that is probably the case. also, don't forget somebody has got to go and rescue them and that puts the rescue services unnecessarily at risk, when they have to risk their own safety to get to somebody out of trouble when they have driven into that floodwater, when really they shouldn't. who knows, that could be dislodged manhole covers, there could be all sorts of obstructions and things under the water you cannot see. so it is incredibly dangerous to go into floodwater. 0ther dangerous to go into floodwater. other than that, do you find that people are becoming more accustomed

to this type of situation and know what to do and how to respond? i suppose, yes, people are becoming more resilient in a lot of our communities and villages where there has been flooding in the past. we are always working hard to try and keep the drainage systems clear and working with residents to get floodgates in place. and also a lot of people have got sandbags and we were suggesting they get there sandbags out early as a precaution, rather than waiting until the water was lapping at their doors. maybe people are becoming more resilient, but it is frustrating that the levels of rainfall have just been absolutely horrendous the last few weeks and months and that the ground

is just so saturated, there is nowhere for the voter to be soaked up. it can only flood out and that is the reason wife rivers have floodplain so that the water can stretch out in times of flood. yes. stretch out in times of flood. yes, we had the _ stretch out in times of flood. yes, we had the grounds _ stretch out in times of flood. yes, we had the grounds saturated, as you said, we had storms before christmas as well which has led to the situation the ground isn't able to take much more water and absorb it? yes, absolutely. it is utterly saturated and therefore water can onlyjust run off and that is why water has come of farmland and down into villages and into communities. as well as than the river levels rising, particularly the river trent was the most affected this time around in nottinghamshire and it has affected those communities that are

right by the rivers and there are several communities that have been surrounded and cut off. you know, we havejust surrounded and cut off. you know, we have just got to make sure that we can be as resilient as we possibly can. �* , ., . , can be as resilient as we possibly can. �* .,, . ., can. are you able to predict how cuickl can. are you able to predict how quickly the _ can. are you able to predict how quickly the waters _ can. are you able to predict how quickly the waters will _ can. are you able to predict how quickly the waters will subside? | quickly the waters will subside? that is a very difficult question. i am not really qualified to answer that. but the environment agency are telling us that it has peaked. how quickly it recedes, i don't know. hopefully it will start to recede more, we think it has dropped two to three inches since its peak during the night. so maybe if that rate continues then maybe by the end of today if that rate multiplies, then it will have dropped a foot or so. and then keep dropping on the water levels recede. find

and then keep dropping on the water levels recede-— levels recede. and 'ust very briefl , levels recede. and 'ust very briefly, when _ levels recede. and 'ust very briefly, when you _ levels recede. and just very | briefly, when you mentioned levels recede. and just very - briefly, when you mentioned drains, keeping drains clear in order that the water can flow away is very important, but one of the other issueis important, but one of the other issue is no doubt you are potentially having is a problem with sewage systems? because the two are combined? , ., ., , ., combined? yes, there are lots of areas where _ combined? yes, there are lots of areas where there _ combined? yes, there are lots of areas where there are _ combined? yes, there are lots of areas where there are combined | areas where there are combined sewers and that does cause problems. and that is where we have been very frustrated when people have ignored road closed signs because there have been a couple of villages where there has been sewage mixed in with there has been sewage mixed in with the floodwater on the roads and driving through itjust spreads it all around towards houses. you know, itjust all around towards houses. you know, it just gets frustrating all around towards houses. you know, itjust gets frustrating and it is incredibly dangerous and we have to do all we can to try and limit that threat. ., ~ ., ~

do all we can to try and limit that threat. . ~ ., ,, , ., , threat. neil clark, thank you very much indeed. _ much indeed. let's get more on the broader picture and whether we have indeed reached the peak of this particular crisis. live to sarah keith—lucas in the bbc weather centre. we were hearing from nottinghamshire county council that the expectation is these flood waters will now start to subside and obviously one factor, the largest factor affecting that is whether there will be more rain? absolutely right, we are seeing the peak at the moment but it has been raining across parts of east anglia, the east midlands as well, this is this picture in nottinghamshire. all this picture in nottinghamshire. all this rain we have seen over the past 24 this rain we have seen over the past 2a hours, the latest in a stream of stormy weather we have seen since the start of autumn and winter, really. this is the satellite that shows the system that has been bringing the rain over the last 2a are also so and that is falling on

the back of storm henk, that brought all the flooding. it has taken several days for the floodwaters to peak. just thinking about how much rain we have had for some areas, it has been over what we would expect in the whole of the month of january. it shows why things have been quite so bad at the moment. in terms of the geography of it, we have looked at the east and some of the very level planes there and also the very level planes there and also the south—west where there is a lot of rain, i am a bristol girl myself, i know. where else are the troubled areas, potentially? it is i know. where else are the troubled areas, potentially?— areas, potentially? it is much more extensive than _ areas, potentially? it is much more extensive than we _ areas, potentially? it is much more extensive than we would _ areas, potentially? it is much more extensive than we would usually . areas, potentially? it is much more i extensive than we would usually see. we have flood warnings all the way from yorkshire, the river issues for instance, down to the south coast, east anglia towards parts of south wales as well, couple of flood warnings. 0ver300 wales as well, couple of flood warnings. over 300 warnings in force all down to this heavy rainfall. it is starting to ease away towards the east, this is the latest radar picture. there is some good news in

the forecast, it has been very, very wet but if we think about any rain accumulating after today it is looking light and patchy. high pressure eventually is going to be building its way and as we head towards the weekend and things are looking quieter and drier. it will take a few days for the flooding to start to recede.— take a few days for the flooding to start to recede. sarah keith-lucas, thank ou start to recede. sarah keith-lucas, thank you very _ start to recede. sarah keith-lucas, thank you very much _ start to recede. sarah keith-lucas, thank you very much indeed. - let's go back to nicky schiller in the newsroom. it is widespread, this problem and you were talking about the disruption to the trains early on, it is very extreme, isn't it? it is and from the aerial pictures from the helicopter in nottinghamshire, it is covering a wide area and you can see here, just look at that, you can see here, just look at that, you can see here, just look at that, you can see that house in the middle and then you have got all of the water everywhere. i wasjust then you have got all of the water everywhere. i was just reading, the mp for rutland and melton said that

it was beyond what they had feared, the flooding and she is also saying lessons need to be learned after the flooding hit her constituency. she is saying over the next few months she will be working to see what can be put in place to better protect and prevent in the future. that is a long—term project, john maguire earlier talking about how in tewkesbury after the flooding in 2007, they looked at the protection around it and the environment agency working very hard to allow us to have those flood warnings, to be able to take action and to be able to try and protect your property from the flooding that we can see, particularly across nottinghamshire. also, imagine if you are on a boat. i wasjust reading also, imagine if you are on a boat. i was just reading aboutjules tipler who has been on her narrow boat on the nottinghamshire to derby border. she has been there and saying it is much worse than they had expected. she was saying it is

the where she has seen in the marina and also in london, a party boat, you may have seen these party boats moored on the river thames, one on temple pier on the river thames sank on thursday amid the heavy rainfall. we have also seen there has been flooding in parts of london as well. we really do have, across the whole of the south area as well as nottinghamshire, real worries about the flood warnings that are in force. as we have been saying, over 300 alerts in force over large parts of the country from the environment agency as we speak. the advice is, if you are in one of those areas, it is best to keep an eye on that environment agency website, because it is continually updating where the warnings are. there are some in wales that have been added this morning and hundreds of alerts as well, which is the lower level you

have a warning and an alert, just to be careful. you can see from these aerial pictures, it looks like a transport place where all the lorries are lined up. you can see, they are flooding where the lorries have been submerged, the lower part of the lorries in the flooding we are seeing over nottinghamshire. also problems on the trains, so if you are thinking of travelling on great western railway, south—western railway or indeed some services out of king's cross, then you do need to check before you travel because there is going to be disruption. nicky, thank you very much indeed and we were hearing from nottinghamshire county council earlier on. but certainly, do not drive into floodwaters because if you lose your car, that is another problem that the rescue efforts are going to have to deal with. this is bbc news.

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