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Good evening. Sunshine in Somerset today did | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
nothing but highlight the sheer scale of the flooding problem on the | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
Levels, with rising waters forcing more people out of their homes. | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
Tonight, rain is falling once again as the emergency response is being | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
pushed to the limit. In a surprise visit to see the crisis for himself, | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
David Cameron insisted the Government is doing everything it | :00:32. | :00:38. | |
can to help those affected. We have put more pumps in, we put | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
the Army and, providing the extra money. We are providing help | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
emergency services and have said to the local council, if you need to | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
spend money, spend it and we will reimburse you from central | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
Government. All the things we can do, we will do. | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
We'll be live on the Levels in a moment to get the latest pictures, | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
but first, Royal Marines helped evacuate another 80 homes in | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
Moorland early this morning after the floodwaters rose by more than a | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
metre. Our reporter Clinton Rogers was with them. | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
As morning broke, the scale of what has happened here is all too | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
evident. So many homes are now under water. Homes that have not | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
previously flooded. This has been a good close`knit community and it is | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
just ripped apart. I just hope that when everything has subsided and the | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
water has calmed down, the powers that be sent people here to help | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
residents clear out their homes Each church nearby Bridgwater became | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
an emergency evacuation centre. At least it's warm and dry. We were | :01:43. | :01:52. | |
told to get out. We got out. It was coming up so fast. As we were | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
talking, you could see it. We resisted so far so we decided, yes, | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
it must be serious. We travelled by tractor to a house in Moorland that | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
has literally become an island. Last night, the owner built a dam around | :02:07. | :02:14. | |
the whole property. Today, stage two of the rescue plan. This really is a | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
quite extraordinary attempt to keep the water at bay. The whole property | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
is surrounded by a dam. By the time they have finished, the whole house | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
will be wrapped in polythene. Why don't you leave? You're determined | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
to stay, are you? Determined to stay. The house is what a few | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
pennies and it will devalue that flood so we're trying to beat it. | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
With floodwater still rising, efforts are continuing to protect | :02:43. | :02:53. | |
those properties yet to be affected. But for many, returning home could | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
be a long time away. Well, let's cross to our reporter | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
Scott Ellis who's on the Somerset Levels tonight. What's the latest? | :03:00. | :03:05. | |
You can certainly feel that storm coming in. I am on one of many | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
flooded out of the woods on the Levels. Down to the left, Moorland. | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
The road is impassable. The people have decided to state essentially | :03:15. | :03:22. | |
trapped. To the right, that would get you to the pub. We have seen | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
locals going there this evening with family. The factor for the landlord | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
to ask them to come and get them in his 4x4. The water they are driving | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
through, though what I am standing in, is still rising at the rate of | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
one centimetre every hour. No wonder the Prime Minister described what he | :03:41. | :03:43. | |
saw as he arrived in the West Country by helicopter as a biblical | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
scene. He said the scale of the Fondas amends. They are pumping out | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
now at the rate of water every single hour and a bringing in bigger | :03:54. | :04:01. | |
pumps. But the weather is worsening and it could lead to more flooding | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
and also on the River Severn in Gloucestershire in a couple of days. | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
Elsewhere tonight, a temporary flood wall in a Wiltshire town has leaked. | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
Special fencing and pumps were put in yesterday on Silver Street in | :04:14. | :04:15. | |
Bradford`on`Avon to protect homes and businesses from the high tide on | :04:16. | :04:22. | |
the River Avon. The council is reinforcing the barrier and says | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
it'll stay there this weekend as more heavy rain is on the way. | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
Throughout this crisis, we've heard so many stories of people in | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
Somerset and beyond offering to help those affected. From neighbours | :04:33. | :04:34. | |
helping farmers, rescue animals and crops, to offers of food for people | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
in rescue centres. Sally Challoner has been to meet just a few of the | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
people trying to bring comfort to those in crisis. | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
This is community spirit in action. People have come from towns and | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
villages all around to fill bags with several tonnes of sand donated | :04:50. | :05:00. | |
by a local builder. There was 2 ponies are needed rescuing. I said | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
to coordinate people, came here they had just finished sandbanks, | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
went then and 15 crazy Dartmoor ponies that we had to get onto | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
lorries. Some are never been handled. My sons while they are and | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
other ladies in the village came out. It clocked by state, we got the | :05:19. | :05:27. | |
final one away. From cakes to the basic essentials, this campsite is | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
offering people a lifeline ` hot showers and access to toilets. We | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
have had one lady comment to her washing in the laundry but, you | :05:37. | :05:39. | |
know, the facilities are here if they want. You're welcome. More than | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
welcome. And it's not just here ` farmers in Gloucestershire have | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
donated animal feed. They now need help getting it down here. We are | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
trying to get local farmers from Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
Worcestershire if it is possible to donate a couple of bills of the | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
silage, strong, whatever they can give us. Food, too, for local people | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
who have had to abandon their homes and are now living in limbo. It is | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
all local people through the Facebook page. They have donated | :06:13. | :06:16. | |
food and in rallying around and helping. It is amazing. If there is | :06:17. | :06:23. | |
a silver lining at all, it's this ` people pulling together to keep the | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
community afloat. For the very latest on the flooding, | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
tune in to your BBC local radio station and of course our weekend | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
team will have full coverage. Now, with that all important weather | :06:36. | :06:36. | |
forecast, here's Ian. station and of course our weekend | :06:37. | :06:38. | |
team will have full The heaviest of the night's rain is crossing | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
eastwards, including over the Levels. Our attention is focused on | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
the strength of the wind tomorrow. It is already windy across southern | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
areas at the moment. Tomorrow, amber warnings around the coast and indeed | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
the coasts of Dorset. Yellow warning elsewhere. We could see 60`70 mph on | :06:56. | :07:03. | |
Saturday. That will continue into Sunday. It could be very disruptive | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
and damaging. Temperatures tonight for what it is worth, 4`5 Celsius. | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
Tomorrow, dry weather about but winds will pick up. There will be | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
shown later on which will match in. Dash`mac margin. Temperatures | :07:20. | :07:29. | |
tomorrow, seven ` eight Celsius Peter Gibbs is now going | :07:30. | :07:36. | |
Hello again. Nelson's flag ship HMS victory, was launched in 1765 and | :07:37. | :07:44. | |
you can still see it today in Portsmouth Harbour. But through the | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
whole of that history, you will struggle to find a wetter winter | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
than this one across southern England. Scotland has already been | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
in the record books. Their December was the wettest since standardised | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
records began | :08:01. | :08:01. |