Hundreds of Homes Evacuated Overnight as Storm Christoph Sweeps the UK

Danger to life flood warnings are given along the River Mersey in East Didsbury, West Didsbury and Northenden as Storm Christoph moves in on the UK. A person walks past a snow-covered flood warning sign in Didsbury, United Kingdom, on Jan. 20, 2021. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Hundreds of homes were evacuated overnight as Storm Christoph caused extensive flooding in parts of Manchester and Merseyside in England’s North West, and areas of North Wales.

Homes were evacuated in Manchester’s Didsbury and Northenden areas as well as in Ruthin and Bangor-on-Dee in North Wales, and in Maghull in Merseyside, the BBC reported on Thursday.