Coastguard Rescue Teams help evacuate people from River Medway flood
Specialist Water Rescue Officers from the Medway
Coastguard Rescue Team and Sheppy Coastguard Rescue Team are helping with to
evacuate people from the Little Venice Country Park and Marina inYalding, Kent after
they became cut-off by the rising waters of the River Medway.
Over 30 people are being
evacuated from the flood (which has reached around 5ft in places) using small
tenders. They are likely to be taken by Kent County Council to a rest centre at
Maidstone Leisure Centre.