United Kingdom floods

Hundreds of residents evacuated amid flooding in northern England

Hundreds more people have been told to leave their homes in northern England on Dec. 27, one day after several hundred people had been evacuated, as weeks of heavy rainfall continue to cause heavy flooding.

Police in the York area 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of London on Dec. 27 advised more than 300 people to leave their homes because of rising river waters.