Manchester firecrews swamped by flood calls

Residents in parts of Greater Manchester are counting the cost of Storm Angus

Published 22nd Nov 2016

Fire crews in Greater Manchester were called out to 157 incidents as the storm hit the region on Monday evening.

Call-handlers dealt with about 230 calls between 4pm and 9pm.

Residents in Stalybridge were trapped inside their homes by floodwater.

Firefighters attended Huddersfield Road in the town just before 6pm to give advice to people who were trapped inside, and later in the evening a water incident unit carried two couples to safety after the ground floors of their homes became submerged in floodwater.

The Well-I-Hole Bridge in Greenfield, Oldham, was closed due to fears that it might collapse, and Oldham Council also reported a culvert had collapsed on Beal Lane, Shaw.

On the hills above Manchester Fire and Rescue Service pumped out two houses in Todmorden while the heavy rain brought severe disruption to cross-Pennine train services, with the main Manchester to Sheffield line disrupted by deep water and fallen trees.