bigger than what we saw in the super flood in 2010. frankly, it s the biggest flood we ve seen in living memory, and it has stretched all resources into the ground that human vulnerability and fragility is very high. we are unable to reach many places because our helicopters are unable to reach cut off areas. you see the rivers levelling out into large flood plains. it looks like an ocean everywhere, literally, if you see the images, and it s quite devastating. and we feel that, even right now, our numbers of affected people, of the rescues we were able to do we even deployed the navy now because the areas can t reach.
it is a vulnerability many had never imagined. pumza fihlani, bbc news, sukkur. pakistan s minister for climate change, senator sherry rehman, says it is the worst flooding pakistan has witnessed in living memory. as we speak, we have 30 districts completely inundated, so this is reaching proportions much bigger than what we saw in the super flood in 2010. frankly, it s the biggest flood we ve seen in living memory, and it has stretched all resources into the ground that human vulnerability and fragility is very high. we are unable to reach many places because our helicopters are unable to reach cut off areas. you see the rivers levelling out into large flood plains. it looks like an ocean everywhere,
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to invent the lifting house. friend of mine got terribly flooded out. the idea started coming from there, i m a builder by trade and i built houses on little jack pads, and the idea of having a screw pad under a house lifting it up started the process, and it has taken basically 12 years to get to today. there is increasing pressure to build more homes in the uk, but we are running out of land to do it on. and so, using flood plains like they are doing here in hull, has become a necessity, and perhaps here is the sort of place where the flood safe home can really come into its own. in our area millions have been spent on flood defences but allowing some land to flood is also necessary. that is where these homes come in. if all trials are successful, work on the flood safe estate is expected to begin by the end of this year. paul murphy, bbc look north.
angus crawford, bbc news. strong winds and heavy snow are expected to hit parts of the uk as 60 flood warnings remain in place across england. two severe warnings, meaning there s a danger to life, have been issued for the river severn in ironbridge, in shropshire and in bewdley in worcestershire. 0ur corrrespondent andrew plant is in bewdley for us. what is happening? they are right by the river severn. you can get a good idea ofjust how swollen and it is. so much water rushing past this morning and it has very firmly burst its banks. but would not be such a problem if it would stay on the flood plains but these temporary flood plains but these temporary flood barriers have not quite managed to hold everything back. you might be able to see that the water has just come over the top and that means quite a few properties have