North of England flooding

Summary

River Ouse stabilises in York as PM visits flood-hit areas
People advised not to travel by rail in Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire
Thousands of homes evacuated across the north of England
Floods cause major landline phone problems
Updates on Monday 28 December

Live Reporting

Alex Moss, Chris Long and Martin Coldrick

Power supplies latest in West Yorkshirepublished at 14:28
Trevor Gibbons
BBC Local Live
Northern Powergrid has about 2,600 homes still to restore power to but has made "good progress" to restore about 35,000 homes.
Image source, Northern Powergrid
"Customers in the north area of Leeds were affected by flooding to our Kirkstall C substation on Saturday evening which caused three connected primary substations to lose supply.
“In Leeds city centre we have five distribution substations currently under water," the firm said.
Hebden Bridge: 'Rallying round'published at 14:23
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Aire at record levelspublished at 14:17
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A reflection in flood waterpublished at 14:07
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York water levels exceed 2012published at 13:56
Trevor Gibbons
BBC Local Live
BBC Radio York is reporting the river levels in York have now exceeded those during the floods of 2012.
The radio station is also in the command centre in the city where all the decisions are made as the fight to combat the levels of the Rivers Ouse and Foss goes on.
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Tadcaster flood view from the airpublished at 13:45
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Leeds road closure round-uppublished at 13:40
Trevor Gibbons
BBC Local Live
Major roads in West Yorkshire are shut due to widespread flooding.
They include:
- A61 Harrogate Road in Harewood between A659 Otley Road and Weeton Lane
- A65 Kirkstall Road in Leeds closed between Woodside View and Studio Road, and Willow Road and Abbey Street
- A61 East Street in Leeds closed
- A658 Harrogate Road in Apperley Bridge closed between Tentefields and The Avenue
For full details look at BBC Travel for Leeds and West Yorkshire.
MP in Leeds sees 'a torrent of water'published at 13:35
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Eerie scenes in Kirkstallpublished at 13:27
Lauren Potts
BBC Local Live
I took a walk down to Kirkstall Road this morning on my way to work - eerie scenes down there with cars submerged and a lone alarm going off.
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Pocklington Market Place under waterpublished at 13:12
Kimberley Fallowfield sent this picture from Market Place in Pocklington, East Yorkshire showing the town on Boxing Day.
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Remember if you do send in a flood picture - make sure you're safe to do so and keep out of the water.
Labour: Government 'must invest'published at 13:05
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It is desperately sad to see so many people being affected by heavy rains and flooding again this weekend. The emergency services are doing an excellent job and communities are showing a tremendous strength of spirit. However, it is increasingly clear that so-called 'unprecedented' weather events are here to stay. The government must also invest in maintaining flood defences, rather than cutting them as they had planned, as well as look urgently at what else can be done to reduce flood risk in future.
Kerry McCarthy MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary
Bridge may be unsafepublished at 12:54
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Beauty among the devastationpublished at 12:47
Tim Dale
BBC Local Live
This is a view of the Ouse at Naburn marina, the original flow of the river should be between the moored boats you can see in the picture.
Despite the chaos of the flood water, it is a fine winter's day at the moment around York.
Turn off your Christmas lights in Rochdalepublished at 12:35
Paul Burnell
Reporter, BBC News Online
Electricity customers in Rochdale are being urged to save power to prevent further blackouts after thousands of homes suffered outages in Saturday's flooding.
Mark Williamson, operations director for Electricity North West, said: "We are asking our customers in Rochdale to reduce their energy use to prevent further power outages while our engineers repair the damage."
He added: "Simple things like turning off your Christmas lights or not using your washing machine or dishwasher for a while would make a huge difference."
Eyewitness in Baildon: 'It was just horrendous'published at 12:23
Trevor Gibbons
BBC Local Live
Phillip Moncaster, of Aire Close, Baildon had to rush to rescue his pet and possessions.
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We got a flood warning at 10/11pm and I called the Environment Agency at midnight and they told us not to worry. When I got up, it was just horrendous, we had no time to prepare. We got the TV upstairs but all the Christmas presents were floating about. It came in so fast, I had to carry the dog out and within 10 minutes it was over the top of my wellies.
PM promises 'everything we can'published at 12:16
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An eerie feeling in Yorkpublished at 12:08
Phil Bodmer
Journalist, BBC Look North
The Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team are working in Huntingdon Road in York using an inflatable craft to help people caught in the flood water.
The road is close to the River Foss and is about 5ft deep in places.
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There is an eerie feeling in York as the sun is shining but there has been two to three days of incessant rain in the city.
The River Ouse is also flooding and the amount of water in that river is also causing pressure on the Foss.
Salford: The clear-uppublished at 11:59
Paul Burnell
Reporter, BBC News Online
After the flood comes the inevitable clean-up operation.
Here's Pete and Lilian Birtles cleaning up at their home on Tucana Ave in Higher Broughton, Salford.
River Ouse south of Yorkpublished at 11:48
Tim Dale
BBC Local Live
This picture was taken at Naburn on the River Ouse, a couple of miles south of York.
The river is still rising locally.
Environment Agencypublished at 11:42
Trevor Gibbons
BBC Local Live
There are currently 24 severe flood warnings, external in place - all in Yorkshire. These mean there is a danger to life in these areas.
The warnings include the rivers Aire, Calder and Foss, and several becks around York.
There are another 154 warnings that flooding is expected, external and immediate action is required, many of these are also in Yorkshire.
Others are in Wales and Lancashire.