Party boat sinks in London amid Storm Henk chaos
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A celebration boat sunk and dozens of individuals needed to be led to security after heavy rain and flooding battered London amid Storm Henk.
The social gathering boat, which is a floating bar, restaurant and nightclub, sank within the River Thames as torrential rainfall hit the capital.
A spokesman for the Bar & Co boat, which was moored at Temple Pier, mentioned it possible sunk due to climate circumstances.
A HM Coastguard spokesman added: ‘A restaurant vessel sank at Temple Pier in London on January 4.
‘The alarm was raised at about 12.30pm and everyone seems to be accounted for.’
The injury after social gathering boat Bar and Co sunk at Temple Pier in London, following the heavy downpour introduced on by Storm Henk
The mast of the Bar & Co boat, which was moored at Temple Pier juts from the water
The London social gathering boat which acts as a floating bar, restaurant and nightclub sunk within the River Thames
Major flooding at Hackney Wick in East London in a single day noticed firefighters known as to the realm
A pair make their method by means of floodwater at Hackney Wick in East London this morning
The Port of London Authority has suggested vessels to move Temple Pier with ‘nice warning’ as they tweeted {that a} ‘vessel has sunk on the within of Temple Pier.’
A Royal National Lifeboat Institution vessel, a Metropolitan Police boat and a London Fire Brigade boat had been despatched to the scene.
Meanwhile round 50 individuals had been led to security by firefighters in a single day when a canal burst its banks in Hackney Wick, inflicting flooding in an space of round 10 acres and affecting close by properties.
Firefighters carried out welfare checks on round 100 individuals who had been capable of keep of their unaffected properties.
Ten hearth engines and round 70 firefighters had been known as to flooding between Dace Road and Wick Road.
Station Commander Dan Capon, who was in Hackney Wick, mentioned: ‘Firefighters labored by means of the night time to make sure the scene was protected and evacuated a variety of individuals from surrounding buildings.
‘We urged individuals to keep away from the realm the place attainable. Remember – in case your property is affected by flooding, transfer to the next stage the place attainable. If you’re in rapid hazard, name 999. Follow the recommendation of the operator.’
The Brigade was known as at 2216 and the incident was over for firefighters by 0150. Fire crews from Bethnal Green, Leytonstone, Millwall, Plaistow, Islington and surrounding hearth stations attended the scene.
Firefighters on the scene in Hackney Wick, East London, in a single day because the flooding continued
Residents of a constructing in Hackney Wick, East London, clear up this morning after flooding
A yellow climate warning for rain has been issued by the Met Office till 3am on Friday.
Hundreds of flood warnings stay in place and commuters face journey disruption on Friday after heavy downpours throughout elements of the UK.
Homes throughout the Midlands had been inundated on Thursday whereas elements of southern England together with Gloucestershire had been additionally submerged.
On Friday morning, a complete of 302 flood warnings had been in place in England, in addition to 13 in Wales, with forecasters predicting showers may proceed.
Train firms have additionally been affected by the deluge, with Great Western Railway warning that a number of traces stay closed resulting from flooding, together with between Swindon and Bristol Parkway, Reading and Castle Cary, and Liskeard and Looe in Cornwall.
A landslip at Arlesey in Bedfordshire was additionally affecting Thameslink providers.
Motorists drive by means of floodwater in Brent Cross, north London, as Storm Henk causes heavy extended rain
Floodwater surrounds homes in Summer Way, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
A significant incident was declared in Nottinghamshire on Thursday resulting from flooding from the River Trent
The highest rainfall totals recorded on Thursday had been 35.2mm at Otterbourne in Hampshire, with a variety of 20-30mm throughout a lot of the southern counties of England.
The Environment Agency mentioned ongoing impacts are possible throughout a lot of England over the following 5 days.
It comes after disruption attributable to sturdy winds and rain from Storm Henk earlier within the week, which has left the bottom saturated and extra liable to flooding.
Nottinghamshire County Council declared a serious incident on Thursday resulting from rising ranges alongside the River Trent and a number of other residents of Radcliffe Residential Park, an property of static caravans for the over-55s simply to the east of the town, had been evacuated.
Caroline Douglass, the Environment Agency’s flood director, mentioned the Trent was at ‘a few of the highest ranges we have seen in 24 years’.
She informed BBC Breakfast greater than 1,000 properties had been flooded throughout England this week, with that determine more likely to improve.
She added: ‘We have had very vast rainfall.
‘Over November and December, following Storm Babet and Storm Ciaran, the bottom was extremely saturated proper throughout the nation, significantly within the east.
‘But additionally that is simply been topped up over the pre-Christmas interval. That rainfall from this week has simply added to that, so there’s actually nowhere for the water to go.
‘The floor is totally saturated so in that scenario we get extra flooding and better impacts than we have seen and doubtless in areas the place individuals aren’t used to.’
Elsewhere, a variety of cows drowned within the village of Sawley, Derbyshire, prompting an animal welfare investigation.
In Gloucestershire, police warned of highway closures resulting from rising water ranges round Tewkesbury.
An evacuation centre was arrange within the close by village Walton Cardiff whereas individuals dwelling on Alney Island, between two branches of the River Severn, in close by Gloucester had been urged to depart their properties in a single day for a close-by leisure centre.
