UK Military Helps Combat Flooding as It Spreads to Cities

LONDON— British Prime Minister David Cameron sent hundreds more troops into northern England on Sunday to help exhausted residents and emergency workers fight back rising river waters that have inundated towns and cities after weeks of heavy rain.Cam...

Members of the army and rescue teams help evacuate people from flooded properties after they became trapped by rising floodwater when the River Ouse bursts its banks in York city center Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015. John Giles/PA via AP

LONDON—British Prime Minister David Cameron sent hundreds more troops into northern England on Sunday, Dec. 27, to help exhausted residents and emergency workers fight back rising river waters that have inundated towns and cities after weeks of heavy rain.

Weeks of persistent rainfall has saturated the ground and swollen the rivers to record levels, leaving entire swathes of northern England vulnerable.