
Residents evacuated as Storm Christoph brings rain and floods
Severe flood warnings remain in place after hundreds of residents were told toleave their homes overnight because of adverse..
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; the third largest in England after Greater London and the West Midlands. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the cities of Manchester and Salford. Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974, as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, and designated a functional city region on 1 April 2011.
Severe flood warnings remain in place after hundreds of residents were told toleave their homes overnight because of adverse..
Some 2,000 properties in Greater Manchester will be evacuated overnight due toflooding caused by Storm Christoph, the city council..
Over a thousand people are expected to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at Oldham’s drive-thru centre in Greater Manchester today...