An amber health alert is in place across the health and social care sector as temperatures drop below zero. More than 100 flood warnings remain days after Storm Henk’s deluge. Meanwhile, some snow is expected in parts of the UK.
Flooding is causing problems for thousands of people across the country.
As we have been reporting, more than 100 flood warnings are in place this morning.
In Wallingford, Oxfordshire, a flooded car park has left several vehicles in deep water.
At least 2,000 properties are flooded as a result of Storm Henk, the environment minister has said.
Making a statement in the Commons yesterday, Robbie Moore defended the government’s approach to flooding, saying it started planning “as soon as the Met Office forecast indicated an unsettled period of weather over Christmas and the new year”.
“The Environment Agency started planning and preparing in the week before Christmas,” he told MPs, adding the government has invested £6bn to “better protect 600,000 properties from flooding” since 2010.
Shadow environment secretary Steve Reed criticised the government’s long-term record, saying one in six homes are at risk of flooding.
“Homeowners must be horrified that their government has done little more than stare out of the window and watch the rain come down
