13/02/2014 Newsround


13/02/2014

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Good afternoon, Leah here with a packed show for you this Thursday

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afternoon. Coming up: We hear YOUR stories about coping with the UK's

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wild weather. It is quite hard to get to school.

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And away from the weather, William and Harry do their bit to protect

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wild animals. This is Newsround. Ellie in Berkshire and her family

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have been making pancakes to give to the volunteers helping people in

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their flooded town. Lol in Dorset has lost all the slate tiles off her

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roof. And Charlene in Lancashire says they had a flood in their

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garden last night. You've been sending in your stories today after

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the UK was battered by more wild weather.

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So let's bring you up to date. Engineers are trying to get power

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back on for tens of thousands of homes after strong winds battered

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the UK last night. Severe flood warnings, meaning a serious risk to

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our safety, are still in place in south-west and south-east England.

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In Worcester, the army's arrived to help people affected by the floods,

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and the River Thames is expected to reach its highest level for 60

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years. Ayshah's been to meet Charlotte, a Newsround viewer living

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right in the middle of it all in the Thames Valley.

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This is not your everyday journey to school, but for Charlotte it is the

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only way in or out of her home. I have come to see what it is like

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to live with all of those. Charlotte, permission to come

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on-board? Some places along the River Thames

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are predicted to reach their highest levels for 60 years. Throughout

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January steady rainfall has led to more flooding in some areas, because

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the ground is saturated and the rivers are already overflowing.

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And here in Runnymede Charlotte and her neighbours are having to get

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used to the rising water. It's quite hard to get to school, and I cannot

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walk in the water because it is too deep.

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So which room are going into narrow? This is the lounge. We have put all

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of our staff up on the sofas in case the water comes in. These are photos

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are -- photo albums that we do not want to get wet. All the power has

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gone so we have torches and candles in every room to move around in the

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dark. There are about 30 houses along this road. A lot of people had

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to leave the first time it begin is back it began at the beginning of

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January. There is a big community spirit.

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Although there is a break in the weather today, experts are warning

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conditions in areas such as these could get worse, with heavy rain and

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high winds expected across the UK. The Newsround website is the only

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place to be for everything you need to know about this crazy weather.

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Find out why the flood water just isn't running away.

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We explain what started all this flooding in the first place.

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And if you've been affected, you can send us your very own video message

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that we might even show on Newsround!

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Right, time to check out some of the worst affected places then, to see

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how they're coping with the flooding and storms, starting in north-west

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Wales. Roofs have been ripped off, trees

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which lasted for centuries torn out of the ground. We may not see how we

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came force gales batter West Wales again for some time, but weeks of

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damage are beginning to show and I think people are simply fed up of

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Britain's severe winter. This is a windy day in North West,

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but nothing compared to the conditions last night. Anybody who

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experienced those additions -- conditions would have expected to

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wake up to conditions much worse than they are, but hopefully it will

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get a lot of better by the end of today -- a log butter.

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This is the new road, the water is too deep to let traffic through, but

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the real problem is here. You can see just how much what -- water

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there is, so much still coming down stream.

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OK, let's put all the weather news to one side for now, because Princes

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William and Harry joined their dad the Prince of Wales at a big meeting

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in London today to push for more to be done to help protect elephants,

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rhinos and other endangered animals in Africa. They're calling for

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tougher action to protect animals from the illegal wildlife trade.

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Every day, hundreds of elephants are killed for their ivory tusks which

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are used in traditional medicines in places like China. Prince Charles

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said there wasn't a moment to lose. They hope to draw up a worldwide

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deal that will tackle the problem. Last up, to the slopes of Sochi -

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and we all held our breath watching James Woods in the final of the

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slopestyle skiing this morning. Check this out.

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He was one of Team GB's biggest hopes of bringing home gold from the

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Sochi Games. But it didn't quite go his way. He finished in a pretty

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decent fifth place though. Whale watching from space? Sounds

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bizarre, but head to the Newsround website to find out more. I'm back

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at 6:50. Have a great afternoon and I'll see you then. Bye!

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