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UK floods: Rescue boat take villagers to buy supplies | |
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About 100 people are being taken by boat to get food after floods trapped them in their Somerset village. | |
Roads into Muchelney, near Langport, have been flooded for six days since heavy rain fell. | Roads into Muchelney, near Langport, have been flooded for six days since heavy rain fell. |
Flood warnings remain in place in England and Wales as water-ravaged towns begin to clear up. | |
Although the weather has improved, the Environment Agency (EA) said there was a possibility of more flooding for the next two days as rivers recede. | Although the weather has improved, the Environment Agency (EA) said there was a possibility of more flooding for the next two days as rivers recede. |
It has warned of flooding in places including Gloucester, Oxford, Abingdon and York and raised concerns about slow-responding rivers including the Thames, Trent and Severn. | It has warned of flooding in places including Gloucester, Oxford, Abingdon and York and raised concerns about slow-responding rivers including the Thames, Trent and Severn. |
An EA spokesman said: "After several days of heavy rain, the ground is saturated and floodwater from small watercourses continues to flow into larger rivers like the Thames." | An EA spokesman said: "After several days of heavy rain, the ground is saturated and floodwater from small watercourses continues to flow into larger rivers like the Thames." |
The Met Office said the weather is set to be mainly dry for most of the UK for the next few days. | The Met Office said the weather is set to be mainly dry for most of the UK for the next few days. |
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The village where residents were stranded is near the River Parrett which burst its banks. | The village where residents were stranded is near the River Parrett which burst its banks. |
Resident Tina Winter said although homes were not flooded, they were concerned about a lack of supplies. | Resident Tina Winter said although homes were not flooded, they were concerned about a lack of supplies. |
Rescue workers arrived by boat and ferried them to shops to buy food and medicines. | |
JCB escape | JCB escape |
Ms Winter, whose home is higher up in the centre of the village, said: "It hasn't changed at all (since the area first flooded last week), there is no access into or out of the village. We are completely stranded." | Ms Winter, whose home is higher up in the centre of the village, said: "It hasn't changed at all (since the area first flooded last week), there is no access into or out of the village. We are completely stranded." |
She said although she had enough food, her 80-year-old father who lives nearby had needed inhalers. | She said although she had enough food, her 80-year-old father who lives nearby had needed inhalers. |
Her sons left the village on Monday via a JCB, however they were not able to return later in the day because the water had continued to rise. | Her sons left the village on Monday via a JCB, however they were not able to return later in the day because the water had continued to rise. |
The only access to the village is now by boat. | The only access to the village is now by boat. |
"It has happened before, but never to the point where we couldn't get out with something," Ms Winter said. | "It has happened before, but never to the point where we couldn't get out with something," Ms Winter said. |
"I don't think people were aware of how deep the water is, and if it's windy it can be quite dangerous coming across the floodwater." | |
Elsewhere, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service rescued a man who was stuck on the roof of his car that was stuck in floodwater on the A361 in Burrowbridge. | |
A substantial blockade has now been put in place for this road as people have been continuing to drive through the closure signs. | |
A small number of properties in the Northmoor area of Sedgemoor have been identified as being at significant risk of flooding from 22:00 GMT on Wednesday until Friday evening. | |
A team has been set up to advise and assist the residents with evacuation of the affected properties. | |
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