‘Huge’ amount of flooding across parts of England, says minister
A “huge” amount of flooding has been seen across parts of England, the floods minister has said, as temperatures look set to plummet at the weekend.
Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts remained in place on Friday after more than 1,000 properties across England were flooded this week, with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issuing a cold weather alert from Saturday.
The Environment Agency said “significant river flooding impacts” were expected on Friday and Saturday across parts of the Midlands on the River Trent and in Gloucester.
It said areas of the South West on the River Avon would also be affected, adding that impacts are likely across much of England over the next five days because the ground is “completely saturated”.
