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In nantgarw near cardiff, the river taff burst its banks. it left cars submerged, more than 100 homes flooded. the fire service made journey after journey, bringing out families with young children, and the more elderly on stretchers. make some space! my dad, whos 96 — its his 96th birthday today — the only thing ive managed to save is his medals from the war. within minutes, two or three minutes, itjust filled the house. and what is the state of the house currently downstairs? totally, abso...

What state is the house in? terrible. wrecked, really. how long have you lived here? 11 years. ever seen anything this bad? no, never, no. i dont want to see it again. its very upsetting. these rescue teams are going to be working through the night, going down the streets, from house—to—house, trying to find if anybody is still trapped inside. from the river clyde in glasgow to the far south—west of england, dennis has been an unwelcome weekend guest in almost every part of the uk. vast ar...

Satchell has this report. a helicopter hovers over the welsh town of crickhowell. from on board, you can see the coast guard getting ready to rescue people trapped in their caravan. it was a weekend of devastating floods and emergency rescues. in nantgarw near cardiff, the river taff burst its banks. it left cars submerged, more than 100 homes flooded. the fire service made journey after journey, bringing out families with young children, and the more elderly on stretchers. make some space! my d...

Ever seen anything this bad? no, never, no. i dont want to see it again. its very upsetting. these rescue teams are going to be working through the night, going down the streets, from house—to—house, trying to find if anybody is still trapped inside. from the river clyde in glasgow to the far south—west of england, dennis has been an unwelcome weekend guest in almost every part of the uk. vast areas overwhelmed by huge quantities of rainfall. we are doing more and more than ever before in ...

This morning, we got them rescued, the cat is upstairs say. it isjust a mess. but what can you do? you have not been flooded before? never been flooded. my parents lived here about 35 years, never seen the floods this bad. where we are living, it normally goes into a little island so we are looking out onto the floods. this is the first time it has come into the house, and it didnt have time to save anything. how high does it come inside? how high do you think, is that? red up to your green thin...

But borisjohnson says it will now go ahead. the prime minister said it had been a difficult decision but he would draw a line under poor management of the scheme so far. the first phase of the route will travel between london and birmingham, with a second phase going to manchester and leeds. before donning the obligatory hi—vis jacket, he presented the package to mps as part of a "public transport revolution", with £5 billion promised over five years to improve bus and cycling services in eng...

This morning... well, the early hours of yesterday morning, we we re hours of yesterday morning, we were one of the top houses but were one of the top houses but we had water head our house. the downstairs had already been flooded. 0n the main street, they were worse than myself. they are the ones that have been evacuated as well. you are on the river taft. did the authorities prepare you for this? we had no warning at all.

Major incidents have been declared in south wales and parts of england, and there have been multiple landslides and floods, some trapping residents. hundreds more have been rescued from their homes in worcestershire and shropshire. graham satchell has more. a helicopter hovers over the welsh town of crickhowell. from on board, you can see the coast guard getting ready to rescue people trapped in a caravan. it was a weekend of devastating floods and emergency rescues. in nantgarw near cardiff, th...

Weather and climate that will enable people to make better decisions, stay safe and drive ahead of time ——thrive ahead of time in the case of severe weather. at the moment, forecasts are based on the digital simulation of the atmosphere, with the globe divided into squares ten kilometres across. now for the uk, there is a more detailed picture of the weather, with squares at 1.5 kilometres wide. but the ambition with the supercomputer is to try to get down to a scale ofjust100 metres to gene...

Parents lived here about 35 years, never seen the floods this bad. where we are living, it goes into a little island, so we are looking out to the floods. this is the first time it has come into the house. didnt have time to save anything. how high did it come inside? how high do you think, zac? it was up to your green thing, your top. ive been living in wellies all morning. how quickly did it come in? it seemed to have caught people out. the speed of it. it woke me up this morning. this morning...