21/07/2014 Look East - East

That's it. It all starts on Wednesday evening. We're looking

Hello, I'm Susie Fowler`Watt. forward to it.

A clean`up operation started today after hundreds of homes

and businesses were flooded during the weekend storms.

Two families were left homeless after lightning strikes,

and in Canvey Island the pumping and rescue operations went on into

Two inches of rain fell in `n hour. The drainage system could not cope

and the result was chaos. Today Joe Seabrook was throwing away soaking

carpets from his mother's btngalow. I was crying, because I could see

all the water coming through. Nearby, a valuable collection of koi

carp lay dead, a suffocated when sewage clogged the pool. `` they

suffocated. Some are worth about ?5,000.

The real problem was the island s The real problem was the island's

drainage system. It couldn't cope with the amount of water. It was a

very freak occurrence, but we are being told to expect more freak

occurrences. But it is an old drainage network, and it could not

cope with getting the water to the pumps to be pumped out of the

island. In Norwich a heavy downpour caused

chaos. Look East viewer Adam Murray chaos. Look East viewer Adal Murray

filmed these pictures with the deluge lifted the road. We had to

close the school because it was ankle`deep at eight o'clock last

night, and it wasn't looking like we would get cleaned up for today.

There is a mural on the sea wall and Canvey Island which tells the tragic

story of floods past. This time, it wasn't the sea which was to blame,

but a violent cloudburst. Earlier, Dr Charles Beardall from

the Environment Agency told me the main river level in Canvey Island

had risen by one and a half metres We have five huge lumps that pump

water over the sea wall, but the issue is when we have rainf`ll light

yesterday which was significant quantities of rain falling hn a

short period of time, it is how that water moves to our lumps that

short period of time, it is how that water moves to our lumps th`t is the

water moves to our lumps that is the issue. We're working closelx

water moves to our lumps th`t is the issue. We're working closely with

our partners. `` to our pumps. To see how we can improve the drainage

system. But this kind of torrential downpour

is happening more often, and not just in Canvey Island. And sellers

need to be found quite quickly, don't they? 's and sellers. `` and

sellers. The system is only designed to carry the water that comes in in

to carry the water that comds in in the kind of storm we would expect

the kind of storm we would dxpect once every 30 years, but we are

expecting storm is greater than that quite regularly. `` storms. What

more can people and individuals do more can people and individtals do

to protect themselves in the current to protect themselves in thd current

situation? The local authority, which has been identified rdcently

which has been identified recently to take a lead on surface w`ter

to take a lead on surface water flooding, I used to `` are looking

at where all the hotspots are around the country, and in some places

at where all the hotspots are around the country, and in some pl`ces they

the country, and in some places they can do community related schemes,

but in other areas they are offering advice to private property owners on

what they can do in their own property to either prevent water

from getting in, or if it does, to help them recover from that

situation quicker. The pressure is growing on

David Ruffley, the MP for Bury St Edmunds, to stand down after he was

cautioned for common assault. It followed an incident at

his home in London four months ago. Today the Domestic Abuse Partnership

in Suffolk and a senior figure in the church both called

on him to "consider his position". It has been four months since David

Ruffley received a police c`ution, but still no comment on what

happened. It is widely reported the incident involved an ex`girlfriend.

Today it a meeting of Suffolk's domestic violence partnershhp, his

caution was on the agenda. `` at a meeting. He is part of a Government

that has stood out against domestic abuse, and I think he reallx

that has stood out against domestic abuse, and I think he really must

consider his position. The The Dean of St Edmondsbury,

The The Dean of St Edmondsbtry, Frances Ward, has also written to Mr

Ruffley asking him to consider his position. Last week the loc`l

Conservative Association said position. Last week the local

Conservative Association sahd the Conservative Association said the

matter was thoroughly dealt with. David Ruffley has declined to

comment, and the Conservative Association has not returned our

calls, but its executive has brought forward a meeting from Septdmber

calls, but its executive has brought forward a meeting from September the

9th to July 31, when it is dxpected 9th to July 31, when it is expected

Mr Ruffley and so questions about what happened. He was given a

cautioned he accepted, and is now in cautioned he accepted, and hs now in

a position when nothing has been said by him or the constitudncy

said by him or the constituency chairmen or association, and that is

not only rather sad, but it also places a considerable onus onto

them. Today some of Mr Ruffley's

constituents wanted an expl`nation. Saying nothing puts him in a knock

Saying nothing puts him in ` knock position. Therefore I think he

should stand down. He is a public figure, it is in the public interest

to know where he stands. And that is the frustration. No one

knows where David Ruffley stands on the issue of his caution.

Norfolk Police have confirmed this evening that a collision in

which two pedestrians died is being treated as suspicious.

A man and a woman were hit by a silver Kia car on the eastbound

A47 at Terrington St John at about two o'clock yesterday afternoon.

Detectives are looking at whether the woman was forcibly

Good evening. No more torrential downpours in the next few d`ys. As

downpours in the next few days. As we go through the rest of this

evening it should be dry with clear spells. A lot of cloud pushhng in

from the North Sea, changing things misty and murky. Feeling quite

humid. For tomorrow, that mhssed misty and murky. Feeling quhte

humid. For tomorrow, that missed and humid. For tomorrow, that missed and

low cloud lingering around the coast, it will brighten up hn and

tomorrow `` towards the afternoon we tomorrow `` towards the aftdrnoon we

will have the best of the sunshine. will have the best of the sunshine.

Feeling very warm and humid inland, a bit cooler towards the co`st.

Good evening. If you were unfortunate enough to be at the

sharp end of the weekend storms you'll be pleased to know that the

atmosphere is less volatile now. Temperatures of 28 Celsius on the

Sussex coast today. Most places were fine and warm.

In Scotland it was cool with the breeze off the sea. Some eastern

coasts will be cooler. They will be the exception. Most of us very warm

and the vast majority will stay dry. That is the way overnight. A lot of

low cloud drifting to eastern counties. Misty towards the

north-eastern coast of Scotland Maybe the odd spot of rain over

Northern Ireland. Dry. A muggy, humid night. It will be a cloudy old

start over some eastern counties. That will gradually thin and retreat

towards coastal areas. Patchy rain over the west of Northern Ireland.

Mid-afternoon and some of these numbers might be on the conservative

side. I would not be surprised