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| Huge clear-up after floods chaos | Huge clear-up after floods chaos |
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| A massive clear-up operation is taking place after severe floods in England and Wales caused damage estimated at hundreds of millions of pounds. | A massive clear-up operation is taking place after severe floods in England and Wales caused damage estimated at hundreds of millions of pounds. |
| Rain will continue to fall over the next few days but forecasters say there will be no repeat of Monday's deluge. | Rain will continue to fall over the next few days but forecasters say there will be no repeat of Monday's deluge. |
| The floods claimed a fourth life after a man's body was found in a submerged car in Pershore, Worcestershire. | The floods claimed a fourth life after a man's body was found in a submerged car in Pershore, Worcestershire. |
| Thousands have been forced from their homes and there are still fears Ulley dam, South Yorkshire, could collapse. | Thousands have been forced from their homes and there are still fears Ulley dam, South Yorkshire, could collapse. |
| Emergency aid | Emergency aid |
| The Association of British Insurers estimates the cost of the flood damage is likely to run into hundreds of millions of pounds, and has called on the government to spend more on flood defences. | The Association of British Insurers estimates the cost of the flood damage is likely to run into hundreds of millions of pounds, and has called on the government to spend more on flood defences. |
| Floodplains are called floodplains for a reason - they flood Prof Bob SpicerOpen University Dam wait continues Are flood defences working? In pictures: Yorkshire deluge | |
| Ministers have offered emergency aid to the worst affected areas to help with the cost of the clear-up. | Ministers have offered emergency aid to the worst affected areas to help with the cost of the clear-up. |
| Meanwhile, BBC weather forecaster Penny Tranter said there was more rain to come. | |
| She said: "Today we've got a scattering of showers and tomorrow we've got some rain across Scotland and the far north of England. | She said: "Today we've got a scattering of showers and tomorrow we've got some rain across Scotland and the far north of England. |
| "Then tomorrow night we'll have some wet weather across southern and central England and Wales, and that will continue through Friday. | "Then tomorrow night we'll have some wet weather across southern and central England and Wales, and that will continue through Friday. |
| "Over the weekend we are expecting some rather wet weather at times, but nothing as extreme as we have had." | "Over the weekend we are expecting some rather wet weather at times, but nothing as extreme as we have had." |
| Flood deaths | Flood deaths |
| In South Yorkshire, about 700 people have left the villages of Whiston, Canklow, and Catcliffe and Treeton, near the Ulley dam. | |
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| In Sheffield, about 900 people are using emergency shelters and 16,000 people in the city are still without electricity. | |
| On Monday, a 68-year-old man was killed after being swept away as he tried to cross a road in central Sheffield. | |
| In a separate incident in the city a 14-year-old boy, named as Ryan Joe Parry, was killed after falling into the River Sheaf at Millhouses. | In a separate incident in the city a 14-year-old boy, named as Ryan Joe Parry, was killed after falling into the River Sheaf at Millhouses. |
| A third person, Mike Barnett, 28, died after becoming trapped in a storm drain in Hull. | A third person, Mike Barnett, 28, died after becoming trapped in a storm drain in Hull. |
| 'Fallen short' | 'Fallen short' |
| Tony Blair expressed his sympathy to the families of the dead and those displaced by what he described as an "extraordinary and very serious event". | Tony Blair expressed his sympathy to the families of the dead and those displaced by what he described as an "extraordinary and very serious event". |
| Environment Secretary David Miliband told the House of Commons there were no reports of flood defences failing but said the government would "consider lessons learned". | Environment Secretary David Miliband told the House of Commons there were no reports of flood defences failing but said the government would "consider lessons learned". |
| Experts are warning it is likely that such flooding will happen again in the future. | |
| Bob Spicer, professor of earth sciences at the Open University, said human activity was one of the causes of the floods. | |
| "One of the reasons why we've got this catastrophic flooding is that we've spent an awful lot of time building on floodplains." | |
| He said concreting floodplains "overwhelms the surface channels and the sewage systems and we get floods". | |
| "Floodplains are called floodplains for a reason - they flood. That tends to be where we build, because it's easier." | |
| The Environment Agency has in place 18 severe flood warnings and 97 standard flood warnings. | The Environment Agency has in place 18 severe flood warnings and 97 standard flood warnings. |
| A recent report from the National Audit Office said the Environment Agency had fallen short in the area of flood defences. | A recent report from the National Audit Office said the Environment Agency had fallen short in the area of flood defences. |
| It said that overall there had been little improvement in the past six years and that the agency was missing its targets. | It said that overall there had been little improvement in the past six years and that the agency was missing its targets. |