FLASH FLOODS

Calderdale, West Yorkshire

Flooding across the North of England is destroying homes and even claiming lives.

Hebden Bridge, in West Yorkshire, has experienced devastating flash floods in the past decade and communities fear more is on the way unless the Government takes urgent action.

Anthony Rae, co-ordinator of Calderdale Friends of the Earth, says locals are anxious about another flood after Hebden Bridge was hit in 2012 and 2015. Just last week they had another scare when the river nearly burst its banks.

“Hebden Bridge has flooded before but 2015 was by far the worst,” Anthony says. “And we’ve had one or two other scares.

“Climate science predicts we will be getting worsening weather. And lo and behold, we have.

“Calderdale, quite rightly, is one of the councils that has declared a climate emergency.”