(2 Aug 2019) A chinook helicopter was seen dropping off sand bags on Friday in a town in northwest England which was evacuated a day earlier over fears that a rain-damaged dam could collapse.
British police ordered the evacuation of the 6,500 residents of Whaley on Thursday.
The Derbyshire Police force said residents of Whaley Bridge should leave their homes immediately because of the "significant threat to life."
It said a dam wall at the 19th-century Toddbrook Reservoir above the town had been damaged by days of heavy rain.
A heat wave last week has been followed by heavy rains in many parts of the UK, causing flash flooding that has inundated homes, roads and train lines across northern England.
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