Concern of floods in Staffordshire as snow begins to softenprinted at 13:50 Greenwich Imply Time 5 January
Simon Humphreys
BBC Radio Stoke
Children take to the slopes in Brough Park in Leek, Staffordshire
The chief of Staffordshire County Council, Alan White, has instructed us he is involved about flooding as snow on the bottom melts and turns to slush.
“We at the moment are shifting on… to an amber
warning for flooding as a result of as that snow melts, the surplus water begins to run
off and we now have obtained to keep watch over how that water is managed,” he stated.
“We hope
to see that water run off in a managed method however, as all the time with these
issues, we now have simply obtained to maintain a watch out.”
Councillor White stated gritting groups had labored by means of the evening and thanked native farmers for ploughing roads on the Leek Moorlands.
Elsewhere, youngsters have been having fun with sledging in Brough Park in Leek – a “legendary” spot in keeping with one participant.