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.

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