12/02/2014 Newsround


12/02/2014

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Hi, it's 4.20pm. I'm Martin, coming up... I am in a village where the

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waters are continuing to rise. And all the latest from Sochi.

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This is Newsround. First, hurricane force winds,

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torrential rain and even snow in some areas, Britain's wet winter has

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just gone up a level. The Met Office - scientists who predict the weather

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for the government - have issued a rare red warning - the highest alert

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- with extreme winds expected in north and west Wales and parts of

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North West England. Forecasters say the bad weather will have an impact

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on areas of the country already hit by floods. Ayshah joins us live from

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Datchet, in Berkshire. Here in the village it is a very

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water the village it is a very watery scene indeed. It looks like

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it is going to get worse. Forecasters have said that it could

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possibly get worse. Beer in mind we are about seven months -- miles away

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from Heathrow and two miles away from Windsor Castle. But the army

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have been brought in and they have been putting sandbags at different

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properties all over this village. The river burst its banks on Monday

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and water has been gushing through ever since. The children have been

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speaking to us in this area and have been telling us how they feel about

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the situation. We have been school since Friday. We're not allowed to

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use the water any more because it is contaminated. It has been chaotic

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because no one can get out. It is boring at all because we cannot go

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anywhere. Sandbags have been littering the whole street, people

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are just trying to keep this water right. The emergency services have

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been here, we have had two or three fire trucks come through in the last

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couple of minutes, they are all trying to help people in this

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community. Many people do not know when they will be able to go home

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and get back to the lives that they had before.

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Meanwhile all schools in Pembrokeshire are closed and people

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have been told to take action immediately with 100 mph winds

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expected later on tonight. There is plenty more on the floods on our

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website as well. Check out Nel's special report from a family in

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flood-hit Wraysbury, find out what the weather warnings mean and

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discover why the floods are happening.

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Widespread flooding is set to continue with experts warning that

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many areas in the South of England could be under water until as late

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as May because of the sheer amount of surface water. Head over to the

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website to find out more on that one.

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And some experts think this 5-metre hole that opened up on the M2 in

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Kent could be a result of the heavy rains. Sinkholes can happen when

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heavy rain collects underground. If the rain is slightly acidic it eats

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away at alkaline rocks - eventually causing the ground to give way.

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Prince William is to make a speech this evening, calling for an end to

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the illegal wildlife trade. Campaigners say hunting endangered

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animals, like tigers and elephants, has reached an all time high and

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they're are at risk of extinction. In Africa, it's thought an elephant

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is killed by poachers every 15 minutes. The BBC's Mark Lowen sent

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us this from Kenya. Their parents have been killed. Why?

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For these, the tasks. Their teeth under the long trunks. The elephants

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need them but in many parts of the world like China in the Far East the

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tasks that are made out of a very self are very high prices. Elephants

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are like us, they have feelings, this sense loss and pain. So what is

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being done to stop this? Rangers and the wildlife parks are going around

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to trying catch the butchers, the hunters, and they are using

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high-tech planes and computers find them. They are also punishing the

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butchers with stiff penalties, they are putting them in prison for many

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years and making them pay a lot of money to hunt these elephants. --

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the butchers many say a wildlife -- many people see that a worldwide ban

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should be put on people selling ivory. -- the poachers. The fight

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goes on to save these beautiful animals and stopped an international

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crime. To all the action from Sochi, and

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Team GB's Chemmy Alcott finished 19th in the downhill skiing and the

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woman's Curling team were unlucky after losing 9-6 against Canada.

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Check out these pictures of the Men's Nordic combined - a mixture of

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cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The gold went to German

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Eric Frenzel.

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