in more than 20 years. the peak expected today. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their flooded homes. and a few miles south in loughborough, this flat ruined by floodwater. darren s father had to be rescued in the early hours of yesterday morning. there was three feet of water whereas today i m looking at it and there s no water. the river severn also expected to peak today. belongings piled high in this cottage in worcester to escape the worst of the damage. in the village of longford near gloucester, catherine is helping to look after her mum s house which was surrounded by water, again from the river severn. it s 2007 all over again and it s, yeah, itjust means, mum, if it does go through it would be nine months out again. and this is what the river avon did to alice and mark s garden in fordingbridge. the flood defence swamped. the garden would get flooded, it did last year. so we had to start bringing all of the equipment and tools that we had in the garden an
Contributing rivers to the reeva trent flooding. including three rivers reaching their peak so the high water levels go on to the reeva trent. as you can see, dramatic pictures of vast areas being flooded. live to simon ward who is in nottingham. simon, we havejust seen the picture is of flooding, what can you tell us? seen the picture is of flooding, what can you tell us? yes, good morning- what can you tell us? yes, good morning- we what can you tell us? yes, good morning. we are what can you tell us? yes, good morning. we are right what can you tell us? yes, good morning. we are right on - what can you tell us? yes, good morning. we are right on the i what can you tell us? yes, good . morning. we are right on the banks of the reeva trent on the border between nottingham and nottinghamshire. look how swollen the reeva trent is this morning. where we are looking at, you wouldn t see the water at this kind of level, steps going down at a normal level, so much higher than norma
This is bbc news. we will be bringing you the latest on the flooding that has hit large parts of england and wales following storm henk. the environment agency says levels on the reeva trent or some of the highest seen in 2a years. right now, more than 300 flood alerts and many were warnings are in place. look at this map from the environment agency. it shows all the places that have alerts. you can see most of them are in southern, eastern and central england. we will be live on some of the worst hit area shortly. mairead smyth reports. yet more heavy rain on already sodden ground. in nottinghamshire, a major incident has been declared as the river trent continued to rise, as high as it s been