Flood rescue effort ‘the biggest in peacetime Britain’

THE rescue effort to help thousands of people caught up in the devastating floods was yesterday described as the biggest in peacetime Britain — as affected areas braced themselves for more heavy rain.

The Government has been accused of underestimating the scale of the flood rescue effort after new figures showed as many as 3,500 people have been rescued by the fire service in the past few days.

Many homes remain flooded and without power with Bentley near Doncaster still badly affected.