Storm Christoph flood warnings: Hundreds evacuated from homes as major incident declared - live updates The Environment Agency has issued flood warnings and alerts for the River Severn and River Avon in Gloucestershire as hundreds of people are evacuated across the UK The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Flood warnings and alerts are in place for Gloucestershire after hundreds of people were told to leave their homes as Storm Christoph caused widespread flooding across the UK. Some 2,000 properties in the East Didsbury, West Didsbury and Northenden areas of Greater Manchester were due to be evacuated on last night (Wednesday, January 20) because of rising water levels, the city council said.