6,500 residents evacuated.
There isn't going to be much of the village left if that lot comes down.
A town is being evacuated because parts of the wall of a nearby reservoir have collapsed in floods.
The Toddbrook Reservoir dam, above Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, was damaged following heavy rains.
Police have told the town's 6,500 residents to gather at a local school and they will be evacuated from there.
A severe flood warning, which means there is a threat to life, has been issued for the River Goyt, below the reservoir.
Full article - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-49189955
There isn't going to be much of the village left if that lot comes down.
A town is being evacuated because parts of the wall of a nearby reservoir have collapsed in floods.
The Toddbrook Reservoir dam, above Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, was damaged following heavy rains.
Police have told the town's 6,500 residents to gather at a local school and they will be evacuated from there.
A severe flood warning, which means there is a threat to life, has been issued for the River Goyt, below the reservoir.
Full article - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-49189955
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