Emergency Evacuation Order and a there were volunteers here all Night Stuffing Sandbags like this and forming human chains, to bring the bags down now near to the embankment, where a section of the River Bank had subsided and there was a danger according to the mayor of that River Bank collapsing completely at the water rushing through into the town of nysa where we are now. You can see the wall of sandbags and the river behind. They have plugged the gap and in fact the River Water Level has begun to fall back. It seems according to the authorities that the immediate danger has passed. They are prepared if the Water Level rises again. There is talk of another problem with the Embankment A little further up but after a dramatic night lots of helicopters in the skies, lots of sirens and huge numbers of volunteers to bring these sandbags to the spot to try to protect their town. It does seem like this morning The Sun has come out and people are more hopeful, that perhaps the worst has pas
Thousands have been left homeless, and more bad weather is forecast. Slovakia and hungary are bracing against floodwaters moving down the River Danube and its tributaries. These are the pictures from nysa overnight where people have been helping protect the flood defences. 0ur correspondent, sarah rainsford, is there. I am in nysa now, just a few miles from where we were for that report and here in nysa it was a pretty dramatic night overnight. The mayor, as you heard in that report, had given an Emergency Evacuation Order and then there were volunteers who are here all Night Stuffing Sandbags like this, forming a Human Chain to bring the bags down here to the embankment where a section of the River Bank had subsided. And there was a danger, according to the mayor, of that River Bank collapsing completely and the water rushing through into the town of nysa where we are now. You can see the wall of sandbags and the river behind. They have plugged the gap and in fact the River Level or W
Him to run through the timelines . When did these 11 cases test positive, and how long does the genetic sequencing take, and when was he told of these cases . Can these processes be made speedier . And so for example that the ealing case tested positive in late december. These variants bring into focus the importance of border controls. Times radio reports that Quarantine Arrangements for hotels wont be in place until the 15th of february. Why the delay . According to the times newspaper, sage weeks ago said tougher Quarantine Arrangements were needed. Will he publish at this stage minutes from the 21st Of January . I welcome the extra testing, but can i suggest it was further . People move beyond postcode boundaries. They go shopping, many still have to go to work. Will he therefore roll out testing in neighbouring postcodes . He wants to come down hard on this variant, but isnt the lesson of mass testing, such as in liverpool, that people are hesitant to take a test if they arent com
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and Around The World. We start this hour with Breaking News and a Military Coup appears to be under way in myanmar. The countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, president win myint and other Senior Party Leaders have all been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Lets speak to our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head. What more can you tell us about what has been happening . It is what has been happening . It is not that clear what has been happening . It is not that clear from what has been happening . It 3 not that clear from here and bangkok. We are getting a lot of reports from contacts inside Myanmar Committee does appear numerous reports that the key leadership of the country including unsung suki have been detained by the military early this morning before dawn. Aung san sui kyi. In the capital which is not the main city but that has been more or less cut off and people are finding it very hard to get through on the phone o
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