‘Danger to life’ flood warning STILL in place as devastated Brits face mammoth clean up after Storm Bert left five dead

A 'DANGER to life' flood informing is inactive successful spot with Brits facing a mammoth cleanable up occupation aft Storm Bert near 5 dead.

Hundreds of homes were near nether water, roads were turned into rivers and winds of much than 80mph were recorded crossed parts of the UK.

A terrible flood warning, meaning determination is information to life, has been issued for Billing Aquadrome vacation parkland and the surrounding parks next to the River Nene successful Northampton.

The flood alert was re-issued "due to heavy and accelerated flowing water" which remains connected the park.

Officials said this volition "continue to beryllium highly hazardous" passim the night.

People waded done heavy h2o yesterday to flight the flooding, holding bearer bags containing their belongings.

Stan Brown, 67, who has lived connected the Billing Aquadrome parkland for 25 years, said helium has "had enough" and felt helium had nary prime but to determination away.

He said: "I've got determination other to spell but I'm 1 of the few. Other radical person spent their beingness savings to bargain a spot connected there, and present they've got obscurity other to go."

Communities successful England and Wales person present started a "massive clean-up" aft torrential rainfall and wide flooding from Storm Bert implicit the past fewer days.

Homeowners successful Didcot, Oxfordshire, person been near disgusted arsenic sewage "poured into streets" during the aftermath of the Storm.

Other residents successful affected areas person said they bash not judge the chaos volition by cleared by Christmas, arsenic the Environment Secretary Steve Reed said the UK's flood defences were successful the "worst information connected record".

Sutherland Beck successful Didcot's Ladygrove property has been severely flooded arsenic householders person been incapable to get to work.

People surviving successful the country person said the interaction of foul discarded successful the streets is having a "huge impact" connected their wellbeing

Mr Reed besides said much flooding is apt this week but should person a little terrible interaction than has been seen truthful far.

Cwmtillery, a erstwhile mining assemblage successful South Wales, suffered an evident landslide during the tempest connected Sunday, with galore radical asked to permission their homes overnight aft mud and h2o came up to conscionable beneath their windows.

Luc Robertson, who lives successful Woodland Terrace successful the village, said: "We conscionable didn't expect it, we haven't prepared for it oregon anything, but evidently conscionable gladsome that nobody's injured."

"All the debris, that's what's caused the carnage, it's going to beryllium a monolithic clean-up," she added.

Rob Scholes, 75, who went backmost to cheque the harm to his location connected Monday aft being moved out, said: "My neighbour phoned and said 'don't unfastened your beforehand door', truthful I didn't and we conscionable watched it travel up.

"To beryllium honest, I truly don't deliberation we're going to get this cleared up by Christmas," helium added.

Welsh Water has issued a "boil water" announcement to customers successful 10 areas successful South Wales, advising that their pat h2o whitethorn beryllium contaminated due to the fact that of flooding and indispensable beryllium boiled until further notice.

A large incidental was declared successful the Rhondda Cynon Taf portion connected Sunday aft betwixt 200 and 300 properties were affected by flooding.

In a connection connected Monday, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said it had issued flood warnings earlier the downpour but determination was "no metallic bullet" to managing the flood risk, aft disapproval of the warnings from a section assembly leader.

The Environment Secretary said the Government was allocating much money this winter to upgrade flood defences faster.

He said: "This Government inherited from the erstwhile authorities flood defences that are successful the worst information connected record.

"Now we've allocated successful the fund £2.4 cardinal to upgrade our flood defences, amended support those we already have, physique caller flood defences to support radical safe."

Mr Reed added the Government would "stand acceptable to connection immoderate further enactment we can" for those worst affected successful Wales.

He aboriginal told the Commons: "Further flooding is sadly apt implicit the adjacent fewer days arsenic h2o levels emergence successful slower flowing rivers specified arsenic the Severn and the Ouse.

"The Environment Agency anticipates that immoderate impacts should beryllium little terrible than we person seen successful caller days."

A antheral successful his 80s died aft his car entered h2o astatine a ford successful Colne, Lancashire, connected Saturday, portion a assemblage was recovered successful the hunt for Brian Perry, 75, who went missing portion walking his canine adjacent the Afon Conwy stream successful North Wales connected the aforesaid day.

Fire crews rescued 57 children and 1 big from schoolhouse autobus aft it became stranded successful flood h2o connected Eckington Bridge successful Worcestershire connected Monday, Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said.

Louise Preston, 20, who co-owns pottery store Pitter Potter successful the town, said it had been "heart-warming" to spot the "community spirit" successful the cleanable up efforts.

She said the business had mislaid a window, adding: "We've had police enactment officers down, the firemen were marvellous yesterday, Tesco has been giving radical escaped cleaning materials.

"The cafes, who themselves person suffered, person been donating escaped beverage and java to everybody."

About 350,000 homes successful England mislaid power during the storm, though astir person since been reconnected.

Some areas saw much than 130mm of rainfall successful 24 hours connected Sunday.