direct to your inboxAround 2,000 homes and businesses in south Manchester are being asked to evacuate due to flooding fears caused by Storm Christoph tonight.Police and firefighters are working with Manchester council to evacuate homes in East Didsbury, West Didsbury and Northenden.Authorities have been monitoring water levels at the River Mersey throughout Wednesday and now believe it will peak at around 4am.Hundreds of people will now be asked to leave as the Environment Agency has issued two 'severe' threat to life warnings for the area.Those who are clinically vulnerable, positive for coronavirus or self-isolating, will be offered emergency accommodation in hotels.Others will be able to go to Wythenshawe Forum if they can't stay with.
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