Danny Savage
North of England correspondent
For people here it is chilling to think what could have happened if the dam had failed without warning.
Including Brian and Sue Longden who have taken in their children and grandchildren.
"We would've lost our family," said Sue. "Our son, his wife and our two lovely girls.
"And so would have everyone else involved in our village lower down."
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Derbyshire Constabulary's Deputy Chief Constable Rachel Swann has been talking to BBC News about the people who have refused to leave their homes.
She said 31 people were still inside 22 homes.
"We've not evacuated this for no reason," she said.
"We've evacuated it because there is a real prospect the dam could fail, and if it fails it will be catastrophic.
"People would die if they were in that zone, and those who remain are putting their lives at risk."
She said by staying the residents were also putting the lives of her police officers at risk as they had to keep going into the evacuation zone to speak to them.
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BBC News
Tina Power runs the Soldier Dick pub in Furness Vale, close to Whaley Bridge.
She said the area had become a ghost town and for once she could hear the birds singing.
"It's really sad," she added.
"You can replace material things to a degree but when it's your livelihood and your home, everything, where do you begin?"
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
People living close to the River Goyt, which is connected to Tadbrook Reservoir, have been taking their own precautions.
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Edwina Currie lives on a hill outside the evacuation zone in Whaley Bridge and said people within it who had not left their homes were being a "bloody nuisance" .
"If the dam goes then somebody is going to have to risk their life to get you out and look after you," she said.
"We should all do our bit to minimise the pressure on our emergency services who have been working around the clock."
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesSpeaking on BBC radio, she offered up a spare bed in her house to anyone who wanted to stay in a safe part of Whaley Bridge.
"I'd rather you do that than be a problem when you stay in your home deep in the town where you shouldn't be," she added.
Sandish Shoker
BBC News
Apologies for the delay in updates.
As far as we know, there's no rain in Whaley Bridge, but we have had a downpour in Nottingham - and it's coming through the ceiling!
We've had to move desks to avoid getting wet.
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Former MP and Whaley Bridge resident Edwina Currie says the Dunkirk spirit in the town has been "very astonishing and heart warming".
She also told a special BBC radio news broadcast getting round the road closures had been a struggle, and would start to get difficult for businesses and people trying to get to work in the week.
"There comes a point where people start to say 'we have got a living to earn'," she said.
"The trains have stopped and it's quite difficult to get out of Whaley Bridge, which is fine while the freezers are still full but neighbours are helping each other out.
"It's quite a close-knit community here."
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Wesley Mallin
Reporter, BBC Radio Derby
Where we had high cloud and relatively blue skies earlier on, it is starting to darken over the moors and there's a big tower of cloud above, and it does look like it's boding a bit.
Everybody is thinking about the rain and what happens if we get a serious rain event here and see if that changes the situation.
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BBC News
BBC reporter Wesley Mallin has told a special BBC radio news broadcast the mood in Whaley Bridge is very different to how it was on Friday.
"There is clearly a level of concern and the exclusion zone has been drawn out," he said.
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesHe said he saw a cyclist earlier today trying to "cheek and get past the police" and said he received a stern talking to from an officer.
Wesley said many residents were congregating at a pub at the top of the hill looking down on the reservoir as there are very few places they can go.
Charlotte Gallagher
BBC News
The Canal and River Trust says water in the reservoir needs to get down to eight metres below the normal level.
It's currently at 3.8 metres below normal.
Police have told residents that in the "worst case scenario" they will be out of their homes for a week.
Image source, EPABBC Weather presenter Alex Hamilton says: "Conditions are right for thunderstorms to happen anywhere in that region, but, looking at the radar at the moment, by luck it looks as though they're missing Whaley Bridge".
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BBC News
A Whaley Bridge resident who is tweeting, external from the meeting says: "Reassurance has been given about the security of homes that have been evacuated. They are using drones 24/7 to check homes - apparently no reports of burglaries so far..."
She added that fire chief officer, Terry McDermott, said "the community spirit here is humbling" and thanked the locals for their support.
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BBC News
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue say they are making excellent progress now that they have more than 30 high volume pumps at the reservoir.
They say 1,000 sandbags have been placed at the dam by their crews, the army and volunteers.
Whaley Bridge residents gave the fire service a round of applause.
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BBC News
Police tell Whaley Bridge residents that it’s “very, very disappointing” that some people have gone back to evacuation zone and won’t leave.
They said people in 35 properties in the evacuation zone are refusing to leave.
Police warn Whaley Bridge residents who have not left their homes that they are risking lives.
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Whaley Bridge resident Duncan Fife told BBC News he was "pretty confident" all the efforts to pump water had been effective.
"Even if we were to get a heavy rain storm, some water will go back in but I don't think it [the reservoir] will go back to the levels to bring it back up dramatically," he said.
