:00:00. > 3:59:59That's it. It all starts on Wednesday evening. We're looking
:00:00. > :00:10.Hello, I'm Susie Fowler`Watt. forward to it.
:00:11. > :00:12.A clean`up operation started today after hundreds of homes
:00:13. > :00:15.and businesses were flooded during the weekend storms.
:00:16. > :00:18.Two families were left homeless after lightning strikes,
:00:19. > :00:21.and in Canvey Island the pumping and rescue operations went on into
:00:22. > :00:38.Two inches of rain fell in `n hour. The drainage system could not cope
:00:39. > :00:45.and the result was chaos. Today Joe Seabrook was throwing away soaking
:00:46. > :00:50.carpets from his mother's btngalow. I was crying, because I could see
:00:51. > :00:56.all the water coming through. Nearby, a valuable collection of koi
:00:57. > :01:03.carp lay dead, a suffocated when sewage clogged the pool. `` they
:01:04. > :01:04.suffocated. Some are worth about ?5,000.
:01:05. > :01:12.The real problem was the island s The real problem was the island's
:01:13. > :01:17.drainage system. It couldn't cope with the amount of water. It was a
:01:18. > :01:23.very freak occurrence, but we are being told to expect more freak
:01:24. > :01:26.occurrences. But it is an old drainage network, and it could not
:01:27. > :01:32.cope with getting the water to the pumps to be pumped out of the
:01:33. > :01:33.island. In Norwich a heavy downpour caused
:01:34. > :01:40.chaos. Look East viewer Adam Murray chaos. Look East viewer Adal Murray
:01:41. > :01:47.filmed these pictures with the deluge lifted the road. We had to
:01:48. > :01:52.close the school because it was ankle`deep at eight o'clock last
:01:53. > :01:57.night, and it wasn't looking like we would get cleaned up for today.
:01:58. > :02:03.There is a mural on the sea wall and Canvey Island which tells the tragic
:02:04. > :02:05.story of floods past. This time, it wasn't the sea which was to blame,
:02:06. > :02:11.but a violent cloudburst. Earlier, Dr Charles Beardall from
:02:12. > :02:13.the Environment Agency told me the main river level in Canvey Island
:02:14. > :02:27.had risen by one and a half metres We have five huge lumps that pump
:02:28. > :02:34.water over the sea wall, but the issue is when we have rainf`ll light
:02:35. > :02:37.yesterday which was significant quantities of rain falling hn a
:02:38. > :02:40.short period of time, it is how that water moves to our lumps that
:02:41. > :02:41.short period of time, it is how that water moves to our lumps th`t is the
:02:42. > :02:42.water moves to our lumps that is the issue. We're working closelx
:02:43. > :02:51.water moves to our lumps th`t is the issue. We're working closely with
:02:52. > :02:54.our partners. `` to our pumps. To see how we can improve the drainage
:02:55. > :02:59.system. But this kind of torrential downpour
:03:00. > :03:03.is happening more often, and not just in Canvey Island. And sellers
:03:04. > :03:12.need to be found quite quickly, don't they? 's and sellers. `` and
:03:13. > :03:16.sellers. The system is only designed to carry the water that comes in in
:03:17. > :03:18.to carry the water that comds in in the kind of storm we would expect
:03:19. > :03:23.the kind of storm we would dxpect once every 30 years, but we are
:03:24. > :03:33.expecting storm is greater than that quite regularly. `` storms. What
:03:34. > :03:36.more can people and individuals do more can people and individtals do
:03:37. > :03:45.to protect themselves in the current to protect themselves in thd current
:03:46. > :03:46.situation? The local authority, which has been identified rdcently
:03:47. > :03:47.which has been identified recently to take a lead on surface w`ter
:03:48. > :03:53.to take a lead on surface water flooding, I used to `` are looking
:03:54. > :03:56.at where all the hotspots are around the country, and in some places
:03:57. > :03:56.at where all the hotspots are around the country, and in some pl`ces they
:03:57. > :04:00.the country, and in some places they can do community related schemes,
:04:01. > :04:05.but in other areas they are offering advice to private property owners on
:04:06. > :04:09.what they can do in their own property to either prevent water
:04:10. > :04:10.from getting in, or if it does, to help them recover from that
:04:11. > :04:13.situation quicker. The pressure is growing on
:04:14. > :04:16.David Ruffley, the MP for Bury St Edmunds, to stand down after he was
:04:17. > :04:18.cautioned for common assault. It followed an incident at
:04:19. > :04:21.his home in London four months ago. Today the Domestic Abuse Partnership
:04:22. > :04:24.in Suffolk and a senior figure in the church both called
:04:25. > :04:38.on him to "consider his position". It has been four months since David
:04:39. > :04:43.Ruffley received a police c`ution, but still no comment on what
:04:44. > :04:49.happened. It is widely reported the incident involved an ex`girlfriend.
:04:50. > :04:54.Today it a meeting of Suffolk's domestic violence partnershhp, his
:04:55. > :04:59.caution was on the agenda. `` at a meeting. He is part of a Government
:05:00. > :05:01.that has stood out against domestic abuse, and I think he reallx
:05:02. > :05:06.that has stood out against domestic abuse, and I think he really must
:05:07. > :05:07.consider his position. The The Dean of St Edmondsbury,
:05:08. > :05:12.The The Dean of St Edmondsbtry, Frances Ward, has also written to Mr
:05:13. > :05:14.Ruffley asking him to consider his position. Last week the loc`l
:05:15. > :05:15.Conservative Association said position. Last week the local
:05:16. > :05:18.Conservative Association sahd the Conservative Association said the
:05:19. > :05:23.matter was thoroughly dealt with. David Ruffley has declined to
:05:24. > :05:27.comment, and the Conservative Association has not returned our
:05:28. > :05:29.calls, but its executive has brought forward a meeting from Septdmber
:05:30. > :05:30.calls, but its executive has brought forward a meeting from September the
:05:31. > :05:34.9th to July 31, when it is dxpected 9th to July 31, when it is expected
:05:35. > :05:38.Mr Ruffley and so questions about what happened. He was given a
:05:39. > :05:42.cautioned he accepted, and is now in cautioned he accepted, and hs now in
:05:43. > :05:45.a position when nothing has been said by him or the constitudncy
:05:46. > :05:52.said by him or the constituency chairmen or association, and that is
:05:53. > :05:56.not only rather sad, but it also places a considerable onus onto
:05:57. > :06:00.them. Today some of Mr Ruffley's
:06:01. > :06:02.constituents wanted an expl`nation. Saying nothing puts him in a knock
:06:03. > :06:07.Saying nothing puts him in ` knock position. Therefore I think he
:06:08. > :06:13.should stand down. He is a public figure, it is in the public interest
:06:14. > :06:19.to know where he stands. And that is the frustration. No one
:06:20. > :06:25.knows where David Ruffley stands on the issue of his caution.
:06:26. > :06:27.Norfolk Police have confirmed this evening that a collision in
:06:28. > :06:29.which two pedestrians died is being treated as suspicious.
:06:30. > :06:33.A man and a woman were hit by a silver Kia car on the eastbound
:06:34. > :06:35.A47 at Terrington St John at about two o'clock yesterday afternoon.
:06:36. > :06:38.Detectives are looking at whether the woman was forcibly
:06:39. > :06:55.Good evening. No more torrential downpours in the next few d`ys. As
:06:56. > :06:59.downpours in the next few days. As we go through the rest of this
:07:00. > :07:03.evening it should be dry with clear spells. A lot of cloud pushhng in
:07:04. > :07:05.from the North Sea, changing things misty and murky. Feeling quite
:07:06. > :07:14.humid. For tomorrow, that mhssed misty and murky. Feeling quhte
:07:15. > :07:16.humid. For tomorrow, that missed and humid. For tomorrow, that missed and
:07:17. > :07:19.low cloud lingering around the coast, it will brighten up hn and
:07:20. > :07:20.tomorrow `` towards the afternoon we tomorrow `` towards the aftdrnoon we
:07:21. > :07:25.will have the best of the sunshine. will have the best of the sunshine.
:07:26. > :07:37.Feeling very warm and humid inland, a bit cooler towards the co`st.
:07:38. > :07:43.Good evening. If you were unfortunate enough to be at the
:07:44. > :07:49.sharp end of the weekend storms you'll be pleased to know that the
:07:50. > :07:54.atmosphere is less volatile now. Temperatures of 28 Celsius on the
:07:55. > :07:57.Sussex coast today. Most places were fine and warm.
:07:58. > :08:02.In Scotland it was cool with the breeze off the sea. Some eastern
:08:03. > :08:07.coasts will be cooler. They will be the exception. Most of us very warm
:08:08. > :08:12.and the vast majority will stay dry. That is the way overnight. A lot of
:08:13. > :08:16.low cloud drifting to eastern counties. Misty towards the
:08:17. > :08:21.north-eastern coast of Scotland Maybe the odd spot of rain over
:08:22. > :08:27.Northern Ireland. Dry. A muggy, humid night. It will be a cloudy old
:08:28. > :08:32.start over some eastern counties. That will gradually thin and retreat
:08:33. > :08:35.towards coastal areas. Patchy rain over the west of Northern Ireland.
:08:36. > :08:39.Mid-afternoon and some of these numbers might be on the conservative
:08:40. > :08:40.side. I would not be surprised