A 17-year-old boy has been rescued after he was caught in floodwater as greater than 55 warnings are in place throughout Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire.
About 100 properties have been flooded in Lincolnshire, the place warnings are in place countywide from Brigg in North Lincolnshire to Market Deeping in South Kesteven.
A serious incident was declared by authorities in Lincolnshire on Monday evening and a critical incident has been declared by East Midlands Ambulance for the primary time.
{The teenager} obtained into issue on St Nicholas Drive in Grimsby at about 22:15 GMT on Monday and was “led to security by 4 firefighters”, Humberside Fireplace and Rescue Service reported.
In East Yorkshire, 17 flood warnings have been issued together with at Bielby, close to Pocklington, Leven, Routh and Meaux, and Higher Hull catchment.
About 25 highway closures are in place as a consequence of flooding together with the A1 between the B6326 close to Newark-on-Trent and the B1174 close to Grantham.
In a press release on Monday evening, Lincolnshire Resilience Discussion board (LRF) stated : “We’re maintaining a extremely shut watch on this because it develops as a result of we all know that there may doubtlessly be extra flooding, notably in areas which can be affected by tidal waters.”
It additionally stated emergency providers have been on standby at Greatford, close to Stamford, to observe the West Glen River, which it stated threatened to inundate 49 properties within the space.
Within the Home of Commons, atmosphere minister Emma Hardy informed MPs on Monday flooding was “a private precedence” for her, including that the Surroundings Company was notably involved about Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire.
Warning of additional “localised” flooding, she pledged to overtake the federal government’s strategy to funding flood defences “to make sure the challenges going through companies and rural and coastal communities are taken into consideration when delivering flood safety”.
About 50 pupils were evacuated from a school in Edenham, Lincolnshire, together with the academics.
All roads resulting in Edenham Major College, close to Bourne, have been flooded after heavy rainfall and volunteer drivers in 4×4 automobiles drove the youngsters by the water to security, the LRF stated.
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, 2025-01-07 09:00:00
