Weekend storm is expected tomorrow. Up to 80mm of rain is expected to fall when storm jorge arrives, delivering another heavy blow for communities whove already been hit by floods. Danny savage reports from the east Yorkshire Village of east cowik. In the village of east cowick, numerous houses are now flooded. The east yorkshire flood plains have ove rflowed into settlements. Why have they flooded us . Why havent they done something about it . Never underestimate the misery flooding can cause when your home is ruined. Im absolutely devastated. Devastated. Weve been here 20 years, weve got a beautiful home and just look at it. The emotional impact is far worse than the actual impact of the work that youve got to do. People were so desperate to get back in, they were taking risks. The water is still rising, so sandbags are in front of nearly every door. Villagers have been told to move out. The drains have finally started backing up and we have had to move sharpish. The firemen came, di
Remains the main strategy. That means taking cases who are diagnosed positive straight to hospital to isolation facilities and then tracing their contacts. And Health Officials still feel its possible that will bring this virus under control. But theres a recognition that things could change very rapidly, globally and in the uk, in terms of the number of cases. And, to that end, the governments about to ramp up its response with a series of announcements over the next week, starting tomorrow with the health secretary, matt hancock, whos appearing on the marr programme. It will require a lot more Co Ordination of Government Departments to focus on the virus as a priority, working with the devolved administrations. There will be an action plan announced during the week. One of the measures being considered is something that will allow a rapid redeployment of retired health staff, bringing them back into the nhs, getting them reregistered quickly. Thats being considered. And youve only go
Down to the jet stream. We had a powerful jet stream across the down to the jet stream. We had a powerfuljet stream across the uk right across the atlantic over the last three or four weeks which has been driving these deep low pressure systems across the uk. We are looking at rainfall totals for the month of february well above average, record breaking in places, so average, record breaking in places, so all of this frame for coming in from the west over the recent weeks has added to the Flooding Issues across the uk. Is it possible to look ahead further . I know precision is difficult but when youre looking over the next few weeks because people are facing a horrifically difficult time. It does stay unsettled into next week, there are hints we may start to see it winding down in the way towards the middle of march. But for the next week or so, it does stay on the next week or so, it does stay on the unsettled side. Many thanks indeed for that update on the weather. Again, that is mor
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Dozens of homes in east yorkshire are still all but underwaters after the river overflowed its banks. The water is still several feet deep in places and is expected to be days before people will be allowed back into the worst affected homes. The rain which caused all this flooding is now a distant memory, but the problems it created go on and on. In the village of east cowick, 69 homes have been flooded. You need waders to reach many of them. Weve been watching every day and thinking, another foot, another foot, another foot, and thinking we were going to get away with it. And then when it actually goes in, you relax then, its done, its finished. Youve nowt to fight. This is sodden, isnt it . Yeah. And when you lose the battle, this is what is left. Peoples homes, their sanctuaries, destroyed. When my mum came yesterday, she saw the house and just floods of tears. It was horrible. Yeah, its. Dont know where to start with it. Across the road, it was much worse. Mick let us into his bung