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A nasty weekend for some of us with a mixture of strong winds and heavy rain. There are various Met Office weather warnings in force for heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds. After a relatively calm day today, heavy outbreaks of rain and strengthening southerly winds are expected for most areas tonight. That rain will…

Police warn that evacuation orders / advice should still be taken seriously, as “the structural integrity of the dam wall is still at a critical level and there is still a substantial threat to life should the dam wall fail”. Image: Severe Weather Updates 2019 An RAF Chinook helicopter was called in last night and so…

Following 8 inches of rainfall in the last 4 days, the dam at Toddbrook reservoir in Whaley Bridge is at risk of collapsing. Experts have been called in to assess the structure, which has started to collapse in sections. If the dam does collapse, this puts large areas of Whaley Bridge and other small towns…

Northern England has been subject to some vicious downpours today, thanks to a vigorous area of low pressure. Some places have seen record breaking rainfall totals. The highest rainfall totals have been across North Yorkshire, in some localized areas 6 INCHES of rain has fallen in just 2 / 3 hours, locally some truly astonishing…

Unfortunately, now that across much of the North Midlands and Northern England the ground is “saturated” which means that the soil and ground can not hold onto any more water that falls onto it, so any excess water becomes surface water “run off”, which is basically water that ends up in rivers. This means that…

What’s happened: The flooding has been very widespread & intense across parts of Lancashire, Cheshire, Manchester, Derbyshire & Pennine areas in the last 12 hours or so. Many rivers have burst their banks. There are 17 flood alerts and 16 flood warnings in force across parts of the North Midlands and Northern England, especially through…