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Nov 2020
Harrogate district floods: homes, cars and cows rescued
Emergency services in the Harrogate district have had a busy day rescuing people trapped by floodwater in their homes and cars — as well as saving a herd of cows.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service responded to reports of cattle stuck on the Ure bank in Ripon just before 2pm.
The river level in the area increased rapidly from below one metre to almost four metres today.
Appliances from Ripon, Richmond, Colburn and Selby used water rescue equipment to save the herd before leaving the incident in the hands of North Yorkshire Police.
Crew from Knaresborough and Wetherby rescued a female driver stuck inside a vehicle in flood water in Cattal shortly before midday.
Minutes earlier, firemen had removed water from a flooded home in Masham after the river burst its banks.
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At around 4pm crews in Ripon also rescued an elderly man from a car after he had driven into flood water.
Flood warnings remain in place for the River Nidd in Knaresborough and the River Ure at Masham.
The government's flood information service posted an update on the situation in Masham this afternoon, which said:
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