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Storm franklin brought more floods, swelling rivers, like the aire in leeds last night, a pontoon was swept away and crashed into a bridge. forecasters had warned of a risk to life and property if the mersey broke its banks, but here, south of manchester, defences worked. the water flowed instead into woodland and a golf course. there was no protection against high winds, though, in some of manchester s residential streets, nor on the m6 in lancashire, where a lorry hit a bridge and burst into flames. other motorists helped the driver to escape. he is being treated in hospital. rotherham station last night, looking more like a canal than a railway. as with storms dudley and eunice, rail networks have been severely disrupted. thousands of rail colleagues have been out, over the last few days and nights, clearing up the wreckage. we are doing our absolute best to keep the railways open, but my advice, before you travel ....
Dramatic rescue operations continue to be going on all across the houston area. we of been watching them live. n minute by minute some of these operations. now i understand as we see at least one boat behind you, gadi, there is another evacuation they have to do? reporter: yeah. that s right. i want to point out that boat. they re rushing off. we were just talking to them, then they got the call that there is an elementary school on the other side of this bayou that is risen and that elementary school was an evacuation zone on that side of the river. they are now evacuating that evacuation zone because the water is coming up to too high on that school. it s an elementary school. you see other boats here, a pontoon, some jet skis behind us. they re loading in. the plant from this area is to get as many boats as they can over to that evacuation zone, ....