here in tewkesbury they know all too well about the damage that can be done by flooding.re will ever forget done by flooding. nobody here will everforget 2007, so done by flooding. nobody here will ever forget 2007, so they are understandably nervous tonight with all that water heading south down the river severn. we had a heavy rainstorm this evening and some roads had to be closed. you can feel the tension in the community. the police in gloucestershire have warned people not to move flood warning signs and they say there have been cases of people moving them out of the way and then motorists ploughing into roads like this and becoming stranded. further up this and becoming stranded. further up the river severn tonight there are evacuations happening right now in bewdley in worcestershire, in shropshire, bridgnorth and ironbridge. more communities at risk and more bad weather on the way i'm afraid. jon kay in tewkesbury in gloucestershire, thank you. yet another winter of flooding, has raised questions about britain's defences, how much we spend, and whether it's in the

our correspondentjon kay is in tewkesbury for us now. once again, warnings have been issued.ple here and all of the river severn have been receiving those alerts on their mobile phones. in the last hour or so we had another deluge. water levels have risen. we've seen the authorities closing roads in and out of this town. authorities trying to keep ahead of things, trying to pre—empt, to plan, to keep people safe and people in their homes are hoping against hope that is not as bad as there is floods here back in 2007, but it is notjust here. the river wye should flow between those trees, but look at it now. even though this is a flood plain, it has never looked like this before. the fast set of trees, you can see a tree line, that's where the river should be. there are 60 acres between us and where the river should be. this man's family have farmed in herefordshire for generations but now the land is under unprecedented amounts of water. is devastating, commercially devastating. this field is dying, this field of wheat is dead. it's going to cost a lot to sort out if we ever g

let's go to tewkesbury in gloucestershire now and our correspondent, lee madan.what immediately surrounds you but the picture in the wider area in terms of water levels, and how that is affecting people, how they are responding to all of this. well, the water levels on the river severn just upstream from here are continuing to rise in places, meaning the effects of storm dennis are still being felt. here in tewkesbury, the levels have already peaked, we are being told, and some people i have spoken to say they have seen a slight drop in the levels today. this is supposed to be a road where i am standing. this is a road where i am standing. this is a business which is shut for the day, and many of the businesses around here simply cannot open because they have had water lapping into them over the last couple of days. you can see on the centre over there, a white line, which marks the flood level way back on the 20th of july 2007, when tewkesbury was turned into an island. the town was com pletely turned into an island. the town was completely cut off, with the rou

here in tewkesbury, they know only too well about the damage. nobody here can forget about 2007.dably nervous tonight with all that water heading south down the river severn. we had a heavy rain storm this evening. some of the roads had to be closed. you could feel the tension in the community here. the police in gloucestershire have warned people not to move those flood warning signs. they say they have been cases of people moving them out of the way and then motorists ploughing into roads like this and then becoming stranded. further up the river severn tonight there are evacuations under way, in shropshire, severn tonight there are evacuations underway, in shropshire, in bridgnorth and ironbridge. more communities at risk and more bad weather on the way, i'm afraid. yet another winter of flooding has raised questions about britain's defences — how much we spend, and whether it is in the right places. the uk and welsh governments have activated emergency money for areas affected. but what does it take to protect communities? here is our science editor david shukman. the river w

in tewkesbury, where they have suffered so badly before, they are preparing for the worst again tonighthem. all over the shop. pete wondering when he can reopen — beer, wine and spirits destroyed by water. itjust makes you think, well, you know, sometimes, is it worth it? you know, you live by a river, you accept the fact it is going to flood, or whatever else have you, but you don't ever believe it's ever going to be as bad as this. 0h... 24 hours after they were rescued by boat, ray and maureen are back to see the damage. oh, my god. nearly 90, they're trying to be strong. i've never seen anything like it. i really haven't, honestly. looks like a jumble sale. don't worry, ray, we'll get it sorted. ray is being treated for cancer. ex—military, he now faces another battle. what will tomorrow bring? don't forget you can get in touch with me on twitter and instagram. i'm @bbcnuala now on bbc news, it's sport today. hello. i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: the european champions liverpool are beaten on a frustrating night in ma

we are monitoring things closely, in particular the severn river, bewdley and tewkesbury, because waterinue to rise in some of those catchments. travel services continue to be affected across parts of the country today. the effects of storm dennis are still being felt. kathryn stanczyszyn with that report. 0ur correspondent, phil mackie is in hereford for us. word sort of fail you. that is a normally busy road. yes, absolutely, simon. although it is quite deep here, the road is in a dip, so if you were to walk along there, as we have seen some of the fire and road rescue service people, it is really this high, less high near the banks, and really that is just about the safest way and the only way to get about in parts of hereford today. as you said, there is a severe flood warning here, and it's not a surprise. down this road here, it goes on for about half a mile to the river, there are dozens and dozens of properties which have been flooded, many of them have never been flooded before because these are the highest river levels for the river wye. there is a mark on one of the bridges t

monitoring things very closely, in particular the severn, at towns such as shrewsbury and bewdley and tewkesburyas that we are looking at very closely because water levels are expected to continue to rise in some of those catchments. and when the levels do drop, this is what is left behind. the market town of tenbury wells, now a muddy mess. 0n the high street today we found a huge community clear up after almost every business was flooded — from the bank to the barber's, even the insurance firm. mary has a letting agency. so, what does it mean for you? as a business? 0ur income stops. i can't go out on appointments, our viewings are stopped. it stops dead. roger's brand—new carpet will have to go. he has been working round—the—clock to save his home. totally ruined. we have been up since half past two on saturday morning. and i'm type one diabetic as well. hiya, fluffy. next door, teresa moved her most precious possessions upstairs but downstairs is a different story. it makes me physically sick that we have got to put everything right now and we don't know how long it's going to take. lost, i

especially the river severn towns, especially the river severn towns, especially shrewsbury and tewkesburyter levels are expected to continue to rise in some of those catchments. and when the levels do drop, this is what's left behind. the market town of tenbury wells left a muddy mess by staughton dennis. on the high street, we found a huge community clear up today. almost every business here flooded at the weekend. from the bank to the barbara's, even the insurance firm. mary has a letting agency. what does it mean for you? as a business, our income stops. i can't go out on appointments, ourviewings income stops. i can't go out on appointments, our viewings are stopped. it stops dead. roger's brand—new carpet will have to go. he's been working round—the—clock to save his home. totally ruined. we've been up since 2:30am on saturday. and i type one diabetic as well. hey, fluffy. next door, teresa moved her most treasured possessions upstairs, but downstairs is a different story. it makes me physically sick that we've got to put everything right now. we don't know how long it's going to tak

monitoring things very closely, in particular the severn, at towns such as shrewsbury and bewdley and tewkesburyt very closely because water levels are expected to continue to rise in some of those catchments. and when the levels do drop, this is what is left behind. the market town of tenbury wells, now a muddy mess. 0n the high street today we found a huge community clear up after almost every business was flooded — from the bank to the barber's, even the insurance firm. mary has a letting agency. so, what does it mean for you? as a business? 0ur income stops. i can't go out on appointments, our viewings are stopped. it stops dead. roger's brand—new carpet will have to go. he has been working round—the—clock to save his home. totally ruined. we have been up since 2:30 on saturday morning. and i'm type 1 diabetic as well. hiya, fluffy. next door, teresa moved her most precious possessions upstairs but downstairs is a different story. it makes me physically sick that we have got to put everything right now and we don't know how long it's going to take. lost, i think that's the word. i'm lost. lo

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we are monitoring things closely, in particular the severn river, bewdley and tewkesbury, because waterexpected to continue to rise in some of those catchments. travel services continue to be affected across parts of the country today. the effects of storm dennis are still being felt. so the environment agency says it will be keeping a close eye on tenbury wells over the next few days. it is no stranger to a flooding incident in 2007. the council similar levels of water, although some have suggested that the impact wasn't as great then. but questions have been asked about how to protect towns like this in the future. at the moment, some of the effort and the focus is over the border in hereford, where evacuations are still ongoing as the river wye continues to rise. kathryn, many thanks. kathryn sta nczyszyn kathryn, many thanks. kathryn stanczyszyn reporting. and for the latest information on storm dennis, tune in to your bbc local radio station or visit our website bbc.co.uk/news. love island will air for the first time tonight since the death of its former presenter, caroline flack.

thi5 this is tewkesbury. reviving unpleasant memories of the historic floods back in 2007.d warnings as well. the rivers are beginning to respond so we the rivers are beginning to respond so we will see problems on the river severn up to and including sunday and things getting better on the river trent and the river wye showing signs of improvement. more rain in the forecast. but tonight we have showers coming in across the north—west of the country falling as snow over north—west of the country falling as 5now over the high ground about 200 metres elevation. later in the night you can metres elevation. later in the night you can see more general metres elevation. later in the night you can see more general rain arriving across these areas, which i5 arriving across these areas, which is what we have in store for tomorrow. another big weather front stretching thousands of miles into the atlantic. thi5 stretching thousands of miles into the atlantic. this one is targeting the atlantic. this one is targeting the north—west of the country, so not the flood hit areas across the

here'sjon kay in tewkesbury. people here have been receiving those alerts on their mobile phones.gs, try to plan, try to keep people safe. meanwhile in their homes, people are just hoping that it's not as bad as those notorious floods here back in 2007. and here's phil mackie in worcester. i'm on top of one of the flood barriers it's holding back one of the rivers. it's dropped but it's gonna come back up tomorrow and if you look across, these are the properties it's protecting. as you can see, water is seeping through and coming up, getting towards those properties which have been safe. it's not been good news for everybody. there are people who have been flooded, especially around here over the past few days. i'll see you tomorrow at the usual time. bye—bye. hello there. even though we've seen some more salary weather, there are still some rivers that have been reacting to the rain from the weekend from storm dennis. that's left some record river levels that we've seen. this was the scene in worcester. the showers that we have seen afterfading worcester. the showers that we have

in tewkesbury, they know all about the damage flooding can do, and tonight there on tenterhooks yet again

mark tewkesbury was in command of an rnli lifeboat that almost capsized off the hastings coast.to come ashore. the waves we re were trying to come ashore. the waves were so rough it was causing lots of white water which means air comes into and makes it difficult to have power. we were losing power and had to abort the landing. make the turn to get us into safe water. as we did that, unfortunately we were caught broadside by quite a hefty wave as everyone has seen. wave as everyone has seen. absolutely. what was that like for you, describe it? most of us have no idea what that feels like. no, to be fair, neither do we. as a group we can talk theory on how to deal with that situation. but the practicality doesn't happen. it's only in that real—life situation, you cannot practice that. it's fair to say we knew what to expect, we knew how the boat was going to react, everybody kept their role and worked very well to get us back out of the situation. well done you, honestly, it looked petrifying. i'm going to bring in john and mary in hebden bridge, a hardware store was flooded. hel

some concerns, for instance, on the river ouse in yorkshire, but we have concerns in shropshire, tewkesburyt river level there, and we can see a live image on our screens now, we know a lot of money was spent there, some £17 million spent on a barrier in 2015 because of the problems then, but nonetheless we are hearing from locals that they are very frustrated and angry there are still things that could be done that are not being done, you know, barriers on roads, really basic stuff. are you just kind of trying to hold back the tides here, and these things are going to happen anyway? that is what people are thinking on the ground, that there is nothing that can be done. well, these events are becoming more frequent, and we have to manage them. i was in york yesterday, we have got £18 million with a project around york, including managing the water upstream, improving the capacity of the false barriers so that it can pump 50 tonnes of water per second to move it out of the foss into the ouse. we have planning to protect communities alongside the river ouse, that is something i visited yester