Roads flooded in Huddersfield as storms hit region
Sep 8 2008 by Joanne Douglas, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Roads flooded as storms hit region
At least five people have died in weather-related incidents since Friday, with floods also hitting Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
In Morpeth, Northumberland, the clean-up operation began after Saturday’s floods put the high street under 2ft of water, with more than 400 people needing to be evacuated.
Many people were plucked to safety using an RAF helicopter.
Trevor Watson, 56, whose cottage on Chantry Place backs almost directly on to the River Wansbeck, which burst its banks, said he had lived in the town for 27 years but had never suffered such serious flooding.
MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said that while rains eased off around the country yesterday more storms were expected tomorrow.
Forecaster Matt Dobson said: “It’s been one of the largest storms of the summer.
“For most of us the weather will settle down today with a bit more sunshine.
“There will be a bit of respite for the people of Morpeth.
“But tomorrow will see another depression arriving, meaning heavy spells of rain across Northern Ireland, the North-East, Wales and southern Scotland.”
