Liam Dutton
Finally, there looks to be some light at the end of the tunnel, in what has been an exceptional spell of extreme weather. A weakening jet stream will bring less stormy weather next week.
More than 128,000 acres in the Somerset Plains have been flooded and vast areas have been submerged for more than eight weeks, as the Channel 4 News team has found in places like Bridgewater.
We’ve heard about the sandbag stealers and the communities abandoned. But what about the stars of the storm? Channel 4 News lifts the lid on the misery and seeks out the heroes of the floods.
Channel 4 News has travelled the width of the country to report on the UK floods and storms. Watch the video reports and see how the story of the terrible weather was told from your area.
The West Midlands, the worst hit area in the 2007 floods, has been hit by fresh misery in cities like Worcester – where bridges have been closed and large areas are submerged.
Channel 4 News reporters have ventured to the very end of Cornwall to report on the impact of the storms – from physically damage to causing economic hardship for the fishing community.
The swollen river has brought chaos to communities along the Thames – and as the Channel 4 News team has been finding out, there is anger at a perceived lack of support from the authorities.
Wales has borne the brunt of ferocious winds and tempestuous seas, and, as Channel 4 News Reporter Ciaran Jenkins has been finding out the hard way, hurricane force winds.
The Environment Agency increases the number of severe flood warnings in place across the south of the UK, and warns that flood problems will continue to hit the UK for another week.
Channel 4 News can reveal that Dutch emergency flood relief has been turned down because British authorities said it was not needed.
Liam Dutton
Having just dealt with one of the most powerful storms of the winter yesterday, tomorrow will see another slam into the UK.
“We’re all desperate. We’re all really, really scared”: in one flooded street in Egham, all 70 houses have been flooded, and residents are terrified of looting.
Reporter Ciaran Jenkins is literally blown off his feet in Abergele, north Wales, as he tries to bring us the news in the face of gale force winds.
David Cameron said “money is no object” when it comes to flood relief. How expensive might that end up for the government? And who is going to pay the most? FactCheck does the sums.
Liam Dutton
The Met Office has issued a red weather warning for parts of the UK. What does it mean and should you be worried?