Large swathes of England ended the week devastated by flood water as rivers reached record highs, provoking a bitter row over funding for the country’s most vulnerable areas.
Labor accused the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, of being “asleep at the wheel” over flood warnings after at least 1,000 properties were flooded and some villages were totally cut off, with parts of Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire worst affected.
The Environment Agency (EA) in England blamed the floods on the climate crisis, as it advised people in flood-risk areas to turn off gas, water, and electricity supplies, take possessions upstairs, and move family, pets, and cars to safety.
Though the rain is forecast to subside over the weekend, temperatures are likely to plummet, causing more misery for those trying to clean up their homes and businesses after the deluge.
Flood-hit residents were warned to brace themselves for five more days of flooding misery because the ground is “completely saturated”, according to the EA .
Hundreds of fl ood warnings and alerts remained in place across England and Wales last night, with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issuing a cold weather alert from today.
This winter it was revealed by the National Audit Office that the number of properties to receive better protection from flooding by 2027 had been cut by 40%, and 500 of 2,000 new fl ood defence projects had been abandoned.
The prime minister was booed yesterday as he left a cafe in Marple, Stockport, after talking to activists in the marginal Tory-Lib Dem constituency of Hazel Grove.
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