:00:11. > :00:15.Large parts of northern England inundated by flooding. The
:00:16. > :00:22.government deploys 500 more troops to help. In York, the River Foss
:00:23. > :00:27.broke its banks leaving thousands at risk. Emergency teams attempting to
:00:28. > :00:32.help hundreds of people to safety. Many people tried to protect their
:00:33. > :00:37.homes but in vain. We started putting the sandbags up and the
:00:38. > :00:40.boards, but the water came so quick. Before we could even get everything
:00:41. > :00:45.upstairs the water just came in. The clean-up begins in Whalley after
:00:46. > :00:50.yesterday's flooding but there are warnings of yet more rain to come.
:00:51. > :00:53.We will be live with our correspondent in some of the worst
:00:54. > :01:04.affected areas and we will bring you a round-up of all of today's news.
:01:05. > :01:07.Stuart Broad gives England the edge in Durban on day 2 of the first test
:01:08. > :01:27.Large areas of northern England remain underwater after what has
:01:28. > :01:29.been described as unprecedented flooding, inundating homes and
:01:30. > :01:35.forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people. David Cameron has pledged
:01:36. > :01:39.to do whatever is needed to help those affected.
:01:40. > :01:42.The Government has brought in 500 extra troops to help people
:01:43. > :01:48.and to evacuate homes, with a thousand more on standby.
:01:49. > :01:50.Across North West England there are nearly 6,500
:01:51. > :01:53.There are over 230 alerts and warnings across
:01:54. > :01:57.24 of them are severe - those are shown all in red -
:01:58. > :02:01.We'll be reporting from some of the worst affected areas
:02:02. > :02:07.First tonight - Judith Moritz reports from York.
:02:08. > :02:13.After Cumbria and Lancashire, now it is the turn of Yorkshire. Another
:02:14. > :02:18.day, another county in the grip of the floods. The people of York new
:02:19. > :02:24.their city was vulnerable but nobody expected it on this scale. The
:02:25. > :02:27.warnings came yesterday, the call to evacuate was made last night but not
:02:28. > :02:37.everyone could get out easily and many had to be rescued. At Tadcaster
:02:38. > :02:41.fire crews helped several families. We started putting the sandbags and
:02:42. > :02:46.boards up last night but the water came so quick. Before we could even
:02:47. > :02:51.get everything upstairs the water just came in. We were stuck
:02:52. > :02:55.upstairs. But not everybody has been happy to leave home despite the
:02:56. > :02:59.warnings. Some people want to stay in their houses, quite stoic about
:03:00. > :03:03.the fact it is their house. Whilst the weather is good they will be OK,
:03:04. > :03:09.but it is when the day progresses into the evening, it starts to get
:03:10. > :03:13.dark. If the power goes that is when priorities change quite quickly. On
:03:14. > :03:17.this road, east of the city centre, the water levels have been creeping
:03:18. > :03:22.up all day. Helen has a ground floor flat and is worried she may have to
:03:23. > :03:26.leave it. I've been here 20 years and never seen anything like it. I'm
:03:27. > :03:30.quite concerned of the level it is getting to that it could potentially
:03:31. > :03:35.get into the flat. And that we may need to look at moving out. Mountain
:03:36. > :03:37.rescue teams are helping from across the North of England and extra
:03:38. > :03:43.troops have been brought in as part of what is now a massive emergency
:03:44. > :03:46.effort. In York this is the nerve centre where they are keeping track
:03:47. > :03:55.of the floods and of the teams out working. Hugely dynamic situation.
:03:56. > :03:58.The water levels continue to be on the rise, although some uncertainty
:03:59. > :04:01.as to what that will mean. So we have deployed from Lancashire where
:04:02. > :04:08.we were supporting what was going on there yesterday. About 200 troops,
:04:09. > :04:13.more on the way now. A plea has been made fried extra 5000 sandbags. Some
:04:14. > :04:22.flood barriers had to be lifted because the pumps were overwhelmed.
:04:23. > :04:27.-- for and extra 5000 sandbags. We have decided to deploy more military
:04:28. > :04:36.forces and personnel to help. -- military resources. At this time of
:04:37. > :04:40.year, particularly, we all feel huge sympathy for those who have been
:04:41. > :04:46.flooded and for those who have had to leave their homes. Leeds city
:04:47. > :04:50.centre has been badly flooded after the River area reached record
:04:51. > :04:55.levels. And away from the city is integral Yorkshire there is little
:04:56. > :05:00.respite, either. We can talk to Judith in York. Please bring us
:05:01. > :05:02.up-to-date with the situation. Although it has just started
:05:03. > :05:07.raining, ironically there has been good weather here today. Despite the
:05:08. > :05:11.sun in the sky you can see there is still a lot of water on the ground.
:05:12. > :05:15.That is because of the length of time it takes for the brain which
:05:16. > :05:22.has fallen over the last few days to come down off the Dales. -- rain.
:05:23. > :05:29.The River loses 5.1 metres above its normal level in the summertime. --
:05:30. > :05:33.the River Ouse. We have been told that it will probably peaked at
:05:34. > :05:37.lunchtime, and hopefully just short of the defences which were put in
:05:38. > :05:41.after the serious floods in 2000. This evening there are still a lot
:05:42. > :05:44.of people worried about what is still going to happen here possibly.
:05:45. > :05:49.Thanks very much. More than 6,000 homes
:05:50. > :05:51.are still without power Two of the worst hit areas
:05:52. > :05:55.are Ribchester and Whalley - where hundreds of homes have had
:05:56. > :05:57.to be evacuated. Residents have spent the day
:05:58. > :05:59.clearing up in the aftermath Our correspondent Emily Unia
:06:00. > :06:05.reports from Whalley. Many hands making light work
:06:06. > :06:07.in Whalley where the post-flooding It is now 24 hours since the rivers
:06:08. > :06:15.peaked here and things could not But although there is no
:06:16. > :06:25.longer water flowing -- But although there is no longer
:06:26. > :06:28.water flowing through the streets Skips have been steadily arriving
:06:29. > :06:40.and are filled within minutes. Everyone is helping,
:06:41. > :06:42.making the clean-up a little easier. What he saw this morning
:06:43. > :06:46.and what we have achieved now. It is hard to believe
:06:47. > :06:49.that this was all yesterday. As the waters rose Boxing Day
:06:50. > :06:51.festivities were abandoned At Kelly Hughes's hairdressers
:06:52. > :06:56.regular customers turned up Friends, family, all of the girls
:06:57. > :07:04.who I work with, everyone has landed a hand and we will be back open
:07:05. > :07:07.tomorrow at nine o'clock. But not everyone will be back
:07:08. > :07:14.to normal but quickly. -- But not everyone will be back
:07:15. > :07:17.to normal that quickly. For Hugh Shackleton
:07:18. > :07:19.the volume of water escaping from the River Calder
:07:20. > :07:21.was a huge shock. It has flooded before
:07:22. > :07:25.but never this badly. I've never seen anything
:07:26. > :07:27.like it before. It is the first time it has come up
:07:28. > :07:32.from the river. And there is more bad weather
:07:33. > :07:35.on the way, which means scenes like this one could return
:07:36. > :07:48.sooner than expected. There have been calls for ministers
:07:49. > :07:51.to reflect carefully on whether Britain's flood defences are
:07:52. > :07:54.accurate given the severity of the flooding experienced. The government
:07:55. > :07:58.said it would look again at whether more needs to be done.
:07:59. > :07:59.Our Science Editor David Shukman reports.
:08:00. > :08:02.With rivers still rising and more rain on the way,
:08:03. > :08:04.yet another last line of defence is made ready.
:08:05. > :08:07.This is Ribchester in Lancashire, one of dozens of communities
:08:08. > :08:14.struggling against the floods and all too often losing.
:08:15. > :08:16.From across the country, these are scenes which have become
:08:17. > :08:23.Sometimes defences do their job, but year
:08:24. > :08:25.after year flood waters have proved too much.
:08:26. > :08:26.Triggering a cycle of despair and accusation.
:08:27. > :08:29.This time, ministers blame a deluge that has set new records.
:08:30. > :08:40.We have seen very bad flooding right across Yorkshire and Lancashire.
:08:41. > :08:42.The water levels still have not peaked here.
:08:43. > :08:45.Everyone is saying that the level of rivers is more
:08:46. > :08:55.The government is now promising to review the country's flood defences,
:08:56. > :08:59.so what are the key factors involved? Top of the list is the
:09:00. > :09:03.Budget for flood protection. Ministers are allocated ?2.3 billion
:09:04. > :09:08.over a six-year period. Critics say it isn't enough. Then there are
:09:09. > :09:13.choices about how land is used. Our farmers doing enough to hold back
:09:14. > :09:18.rain water upstream? Our new houses being built in vulnerable areas? And
:09:19. > :09:21.on top of all of this is a changing climate. Warm air can hold more
:09:22. > :09:23.moisture, that could mean more intense rain.
:09:24. > :09:25.The Bridge at Kaywood in North Yorkshire
:09:26. > :09:30.Time after time reviews into flood defences warned
:09:31. > :09:31.that key infrastructure must be better protected.
:09:32. > :09:37.And that call is being made again now.
:09:38. > :09:40.These events which we speak of as if they are one-offs,
:09:41. > :09:43.we've never seen this before, these are the words used,
:09:44. > :09:50.They are things which are happening regularly and the country needs
:09:51. > :09:53.to think very carefully about how to address the problems
:09:54. > :09:57.which are clearly going to be increasingly frequent in the future.
:09:58. > :10:00.For the moment, the focus is on battling the rising waters now.
:10:01. > :10:02.Yesterday in West Yorkshire man was rescued through the roof
:10:03. > :10:13.It will never be possible to keep everyone says,
:10:14. > :10:17.but the cost of this month's storms could top ?1.5 billion
:10:18. > :10:20.and there are questions over whether the threats of flooding
:10:21. > :10:22.is getting the attention it deserves.
:10:23. > :10:25.The Environment Agency is warning people to remain vigilant as river
:10:26. > :10:27.levels continue to rise, with the threat of more severe
:10:28. > :10:35.Northern Rail is advising people not to travel in Cumbria,
:10:36. > :10:37.East Lancashire and West Yorkshire - unless "absolutely necessary".
:10:38. > :10:40.Our correspondent Dan Johnson is in the village of Cawood
:10:41. > :10:57.This is that bridge you saw in the report. It is the lifting bridge
:10:58. > :11:01.over the Ouse. It normally goes over the river, but it is flowing over
:11:02. > :11:04.the bridge. It is something unprecedented. They are used
:11:05. > :11:08.flooding but they've never seen levels like this. It has prompted a
:11:09. > :11:12.furious effort from everybody in the village, along with the Army, laying
:11:13. > :11:24.thousands of these, sandbags, to bolster the to protect the village
:11:25. > :11:27.from this water. -- to bolster the protection to the village. Everybody
:11:28. > :11:31.has been breathing a sigh of relief but they are waiting to see what
:11:32. > :11:33.tomorrow brings. It is raining again and there are worries that the river
:11:34. > :11:35.will peak again tomorrow and they will be under threat once more.
:11:36. > :11:38.Thanks very much. You can keep up to date
:11:39. > :11:41.with all the latest developments And that's on the BBC News
:11:42. > :11:48.website at bbc.co.uk/news. In today's other news -
:11:49. > :11:50.severe flooding is also effecting More than 150,000 people have been
:11:51. > :11:56.forced to evacuate vast areas of Argentina, Uruguay,
:11:57. > :11:58.Brazil and Paraguay - where a state of emergency
:11:59. > :12:03.has been declared. It's thought that the worst flooding
:12:04. > :12:06.in 50 years has been caused And in the United States,
:12:07. > :12:11.at least eleven people have died in the latest tornadoes
:12:12. > :12:13.that have hit Texas, knocking cars off roads,
:12:14. > :12:20.flattening houses, toppling trees 29 people are now known to have died
:12:21. > :12:26.in storms that have battered the southern United States over
:12:27. > :12:28.the Christmas period. Meteorologists have warned that
:12:29. > :12:29.dangerous weather The Iraqi army claims it has taken
:12:30. > :12:38.control of a key government compound in the centre of Ramadi,
:12:39. > :12:41.where Islamic State militants have The government has been trying
:12:42. > :12:44.to re-capture the city - which fell to Islamic State
:12:45. > :12:53.in May - for weeks. Cricket now and Stuart Broad enjoyed
:12:54. > :12:56.a fine day for England as the first test match in South Africa
:12:57. > :13:00.continued as a tight contest. South Africa - officially ranked
:13:01. > :13:02.the world's best side - finished the second day
:13:03. > :13:12.on 137 for 4 in Durban. On one of the world Windies cricket
:13:13. > :13:20.grounds you have to be ready for anything. -- world's windiest. Could
:13:21. > :13:25.have been worse. England's first innings could have gone better.
:13:26. > :13:30.Morne Morkel bowled well. England made 303 then their turn to bowl.
:13:31. > :13:38.Broad began. Facing the second ball in the breeze, van Zyl almost stood
:13:39. > :13:42.still. Dealing with flying objects is the wicketkeeper's job, Jonny
:13:43. > :13:47.Bairstow had dropped Hashim Amla on to, but grabbed him on seven.
:13:48. > :13:51.Relief. Broad again. The captain gone. England desperately wanted a B
:13:52. > :13:55.de Villiers, conceivably the world's best cricketer. He played 11, the
:13:56. > :14:03.ball flew to Ben Stokes, and he court it. But hold on. The umpire
:14:04. > :14:08.wanted a replay and decided that the ball touched the ground before
:14:09. > :14:14.fingers. Not out officially. De Villiers can do this. With Dean
:14:15. > :14:21.Elgar composed at the other end England needed more. They needed
:14:22. > :14:22.Stuart Broad. South Africa were four down at the close. In Durban,
:14:23. > :14:32.England are delivering. A Britain has become the first
:14:33. > :14:40.person to roam nonstop solo across the Pacific Ocean.
:14:41. > :14:43.-- A Briton has become the first person to row non-stop and solo
:14:44. > :14:48.It took John Beeden six months to row from San Francisco in America