More houses have been evacuated amidst worries of more bad weather
The RAF were drafted in on Thursday night Pictures emerged today of the dam wall three years ago, which has raised questions about the maintenance of the concrete panels on the spillway.
The latest inspection on Thursday revealed the fault that caused the military and firefighters to be called in.Engineers and members of the emergency services work to pump water from Toddbrook Reservoir An RAF Chinook from Odiham, Hampshire, has been delivering 400 tonnes of aggregate and piling it up on the damaged slipway to shore it up and divert water.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for much of northern England and the Midlands on Sunday afternoon, including around the reservoir.
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