:00:00. > :00:00.two weeks' time. That is all from us tonight
:00:00. > :00:20.Good evening. Firefighters and Army personnel have been working to try
:00:21. > :00:26.to prevent water treatment works near Croydon from flooding. An
:00:27. > :00:29.emergency multi`agency meeting has already `` also taken place to
:00:30. > :00:34.assess the risk, as the impact is felt among residents. Anjana Gadgil
:00:35. > :00:39.reports. 130 people forced from their homes
:00:40. > :00:42.as Dale Road turned into a lake It sits above an underground river
:00:43. > :00:46.which the recent heavy rain and storms have brought to the surface.
:00:47. > :00:51.In this garden nearby it is mixed with sewage. They were told to leave
:00:52. > :00:56.on Friday. It has gone up two winches. It has got worse and worse
:00:57. > :01:01.and this morning alone we have noticed we have risen by at least an
:01:02. > :01:06.inch, or an inch and a half. Why do you think it is happening? There are
:01:07. > :01:10.areas that flood and they are blocking those areas, so the water
:01:11. > :01:16.is not being allowed to flow. It has no place to go, so it is backing up
:01:17. > :01:19.into our properties. They aren't their neighbours think water being
:01:20. > :01:22.diverted from the local Water Works is what is submerging their houses
:01:23. > :01:27.and gardens. They have been pumping water away from this treatment works
:01:28. > :01:30.for ten days now, at a rate of 24,000 litres a minute. It is to
:01:31. > :01:34.stop the flood water contaminating the drinking water of all the people
:01:35. > :01:39.that live around here, so the water is pumped away in these pipes and is
:01:40. > :01:42.going two miles down the road to a reservoir in the middle of Purley.
:01:43. > :01:46.The water has also been piped into temporary ponds and the council
:01:47. > :01:50.denies any homes are being sacrificed for the greater good We
:01:51. > :01:56.have four potential areas, the subway down here, a cricket patch,
:01:57. > :02:01.school pitch, but church car park. They are not flooded at the moment.
:02:02. > :02:05.If needed, we would flood them and it would not have a detrimental
:02:06. > :02:08.effect. The family do not know when they will sleep at their house
:02:09. > :02:14.again. Right now they can only watch as the relief operation takes place
:02:15. > :02:17.around them. Windsor Castle, which can usually be
:02:18. > :02:21.relied upon to keep tourists coming in regardless of the weather, seems
:02:22. > :02:25.to have fallen victim to the floods. Although the castle itself has
:02:26. > :02:33.remained dry, the same can't be said for the surrounding area.
:02:34. > :02:36.It is business as usual at Windsor Castle. The changing of the guard at
:02:37. > :02:42.the Palace where the Queen spends most of her weekends. Thank you I
:02:43. > :02:45.came to spend some time with the royal couple. But if you come just
:02:46. > :02:50.what a few hundred meters down the road it is a different story. This
:02:51. > :02:54.area behind me is usually a footpath, but at the moment it is
:02:55. > :02:58.almost completely underwater. Communities along the Thames are
:02:59. > :03:02.being warned they are at significant risk... And with scenes of
:03:03. > :03:06.widespread damage and nearby areas being broadcast around the world,
:03:07. > :03:09.the council is keen to persuade people that despite the rich river
:03:10. > :03:15.flooding low`level areas of the town, Windsor is still open to
:03:16. > :03:19.tourists. There are things to do in Windsor. They can come shopping the
:03:20. > :03:25.castle is open as usual. If they can get here then we are ready to
:03:26. > :03:32.welcome them. But not everyone is feeling so optimistic. Yesterday we
:03:33. > :03:36.closed at 3pm. We took ?7. Today, we haven't opened the till yet. There
:03:37. > :03:42.have been low levels of people coming in and out. In comparison to
:03:43. > :03:48.last year, we had 30 or 40 people, but now barely anyone about. It is
:03:49. > :03:53.very hard. I have been sitting since ATM and done three jobs. Tour boat
:03:54. > :03:57.operators have not been able to get onto the river this year ransom
:03:58. > :04:01.groups from abroad have cancelled trips they were due to date in May.
:04:02. > :04:05.But tourists who have made it to the town do not seem to have been put
:04:06. > :04:12.off. I have waited for the trip many years and I would not be stopped. It
:04:13. > :04:19.is really flooded, when you actually see it in person it is like, oh my
:04:20. > :04:25.gosh! For now, it seems the only one enjoying all the water are the
:04:26. > :04:26.Swans. Lets get the latest weather forecast
:04:27. > :04:34.now. After a beautiful is day across
:04:35. > :04:37.London it is a chilly start but the cloud is on its way so the
:04:38. > :04:43.temperature may rise a little as we head towards dawn. With the cloud,
:04:44. > :04:47.sunlight, patchy, annoying rain Nothing too significant. It should
:04:48. > :04:50.try out by the afternoon, become brighter, a maximum temperature of
:04:51. > :04:56.10 Celsius. Heavy showers for Tuesday. Dreyer on Wednesday. More
:04:57. > :05:06.rain on Thursday. Have a very good night, goodbye.
:05:07. > :05:13.Good evening. In the midst of any normal winter weather for the week
:05:14. > :05:17.ahead would be fairly unremarkable. Some rain in places, some strong
:05:18. > :05:21.winds at times, but of course we are in the midst of no normal winter. It
:05:22. > :05:22.is worth emphasising that with - the weather this week will be less
:05:23. > :05:24.angry and