with nottinghamshire county council declaring a major incident because of rising water levels on the river trent. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their flooded homes including in radcliffe where the fire service were called in to help residents. and this is what the river avon did to alice and mark s garden in fordingbridge, the flood defence swamped. let s get more on this now with caroline douglass from the environment agency. she is the director for flood and coastal risk management will stop you are very busy at the moment so appreciate your time this morning. i wonder if you can plot us through some of the worst affected areas, we were showing pictures from nottinghamshire, give us your update of the situation there? if}. nottinghamshire, give us your update of the situation there? of the situation there? 0, yes, it is a really of the situation there? 0, yes, it is a really wet of the situation there? 0, yes, it is a really wet day of the situation there? 0, yes
Following 40 days of continuous rain that has brought flooding misery to towns and villages across the UK, showers continued affecting some areas throughout today.