Ben Quinn and Helen Pidd North of England editor
Sun 9 Feb 2020 21.36 EST
Hurricane-force winds and flooding have caused severe disruption across much of Britain, including damage to hundreds of properties and the cancellation of trains, flights and ferries.
Storm Ciara brought heavy rain and winds of more than 90mph, knocking out power to homes in some areas. The upheaval is likely to last into the start of the working week and there is more bad weather to come.
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People in Calder Valley told of cars being swept away and water engulfing defences that had been built up at a cost of tens of millions of pounds since flooding in Christmas 2015.
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“It’s really quite bad now and it looks certain that scores of businesses will have to shut here and in Hebden. So much was spent and so many promises were made in the past but it feels like there will have to be another rethink.”
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The shadow (opposition) environment secretary, Luke Pollard, urged the government to do more to protect communities from the ever more frequent floods.
“The reality of the climate crisis is that more extreme weather will happen more often and with devastating consequences,” he said.
tags: extreme weather, severe weather
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