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Trains between Manchester and Birmingham resume
Travel on trains can now resume between Birmingham and Manchester via Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield after flood water subsided.The advice is to check your journey before you travel as delays are expected.
Snow last night was a "godsend" that kept flood waters from rising higher, according to Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.
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Mr Burnham told BBC Radio Manchester the "snow really helped us at a crucial moment", adding:
Quote Message: It was a bit of a godsend, to be honest, because with it just lying on the ground, it didn't add to the levels.
It was a bit of a godsend, to be honest, because with it just lying on the ground, it didn't add to the levels.
Quote Message: Finally, we can say something went right.
Finally, we can say something went right.
However, he said that "while the most risky moment might have passed the danger’s not gone completely, because the water levels in the Mersey will stay very high and there’s the effect of the snow as it melts".
"We’re not out of the woods yet," he said.
'We must be vigilant'
BBC Breakfast
The Environment Agency says people should sign up for flood updates or use its website to make sure they can keep safe.
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- River Mersey 'centimetres' from breaching defences
- Sinkhole appears causing homes to collapse
- Pensioners rescued from flooded retirement village
- From lockdown river haven to major evacuations
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Trains between Manchester and Birmingham resume
Travel on trains can now resume between Birmingham and Manchester via Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield after flood water subsided.The advice is to check your journey before you travel as delays are expected.
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Snow last night was a "godsend" that kept flood waters from rising higher, according to Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.
Mr Burnham told BBC Radio Manchester the "snow really helped us at a crucial moment", adding:
However, he said that "while the most risky moment might have passed the danger’s not gone completely, because the water levels in the Mersey will stay very high and there’s the effect of the snow as it melts".
"We’re not out of the woods yet," he said.
'We must be vigilant'
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The Environment Agency says people should sign up for flood updates or use its website to make sure they can keep safe.
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