05/02/2014 BBC Points West


05/02/2014

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Good evening. People in Somerset have been told to leave the `` to

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leave their homes today as floodwaters threatened to rise

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again. Villages were evacuated and travel was disrupted. There are more

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than 150 properties in the affected areas. In Fordgate and Moorland

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people were told to get out. Also those in Saltmoor and those in the

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area in the A361 between East Lyng and Burrowbridge. A centre has been

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set up in North Everton for those affected. If you're affected by the

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flooding, but don't know what to do, you should ring the police

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information number 101. Our reporter Madelyn Ware has been following

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developments in the story today A last attempt to save what they can

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before leaving. With the help of neighbours, Sue Crocker is shifting

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valuables off the floor of her dream retirement home in Fordgate. She

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also has a smallholding here. Animals have been moved to higher

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ground. The sheep have gone up to farmer and the dogs are going to go

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there. We have gun dogs in the kennels, they are going. The cats

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will come with me because I need to leave. How hard has this been for

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you? Dreadful, really dreadful. It is like Chinese torture because it

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gets closer and closer. Sue made the decision to go but at that point,

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she was one of the few. Most people determined to stay. In nearby

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Moorland, filling stand`bys `` sandbagged by the dozen. We have

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been told that we may have to evacuate. The water is not in the

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house at the moment so we will get some sandbags and batten down the

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hatches and see how things go. Police had been going door`to`door

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to advise people to leave. But this afternoon came a more dramatic

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warning. There will be a high tide after 10pm tonight. That, combined

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with the high water `` high volume of water coming down the river,

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there will be overflowing of the river near Burrowbridge. At the

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afternoon wore on, many residents decided to go. It seems there is no

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choice any more, we have to go. The flooding is coming over the

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retaining wall. Once that comes over, there is no way of controlling

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the flooding and I think it will go through yet quite steeply. But for

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all those joining the queue to leave the village, there were those

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determined to stay. Prepare to stay upstairs and sit it out rather than

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leave their homes to the mercy of the water.

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We have heard that both the rest centres in Somerset are closed for

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the night. The Environment Agency is not predicting any further flooding

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for the next 12 hours. Away from the Levels, the bad weather has also

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affected other areas. In Taunton, roads and trains were disrupted and

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emergency services were advising people not to travel unless

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absolutely necessary. Here's Sally Challoner. Bishop Sutton blocked by

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very deep water. A call from Stuart...

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It was chaos on the roads around the county town of Taunton today as

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fallen trees and flooded roads made every route in tortuous. Many of the

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communities along those routes, some backing onto the swollen River Tone,

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were cut off. And working together to help themselves. We do have a

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Flood committee that are keeping an eye on people and on things. There

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is only so much we can do that you will see around you there are

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sandbags available. We supplied bin is full sandbags in various places

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around the village. To help ourselves. `` we supplied bins

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containing sandbags. Pumps are battling to get the roads open but

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this crew had moved 15 tankfuls of water by lunchtime and the level is

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still rising. Now toilets are blocked by overflowing storm drains

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` the water has nowhere left to go. Police and Fire are warning people

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not to travel unless absolutely necessary. But more than a month in,

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and despite all the warnings, people are still trying to get through

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these roads. Trains are also disrupted, with buses replacing some

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services to and from Taunton. The advice is to check before

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travelling. The line at Castle Cary on the Somerset levels is closed. We

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can't run services to London that way. The line from Bristol is open

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at the moment and hopefully it will remain open. But with the weather

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forecast, we do not know what is around the corner. And with some of

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the county's roads now passable by just a few, the advice is to stay

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away. A Bristol policeman appeared in

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court today accused of taking speeding points on his licence for

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his girlfriend. PC Alex Owen was sent on a speed awareness course and

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paid a fine. But an investigation revealed that at the time of the

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alleged offence he was taking part in an anti`terrorist operation at

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Trinity Road Station in Bristol Both he and his girlfriend Nina East

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deny perverting the course of justice.

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Football now ` despite being a man down, Swindon staged an impressive

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fight back in the first leg of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy area final.

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They went two goals behind in the opening 15 minutes but regained

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their composure to go in level at half time. The final score was `2.

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If you are affected by the weather and don't know what to do, you can

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call the police non`emergency number 101. There's more news and

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information online and on BBC local radio and we'll be back in Breakfast

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tomorrow morning. Now the weather. OK, tonight and tomorrow morning

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will bring some much`needed respite in terms of no further rain of any

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note. But as these Met Office warnings suggest, that will change

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in the second`half of tomorrow. We see the area covered by amber

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warnings where we have the greatest potential for further flooding and

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disruption. That'll continue until Saturday the, that warning. On

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Saturday there will be strong winds once again. Tonight, temperatures

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will drop down to about six Celsius. Further rain pushing up in the

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morning and in the afternoon extending its reach further

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northwards. Adding to that as we head towards late afternoon and

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evening, some heavy showers possibly with lightning. I believe you with

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the Outlook. As you have just heard, the little

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respite between one storm system and another and it is that cumulative

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effect which will cause further problems

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