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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Megan White, Olivia Tobin

Whaley Bridge dam news LIVE: Toddbrook Reservoir repair at critical stage amid fears dam could collapse and flood town

Thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes over fears a dam could collapse in Derbyshire.

The RAF has been drafted in to try and stop the collapse after it was badly damaged during heavy rain.

More than 6,000 people have been evacuated and directed to an evacuation point at a school in Chapel-en-le-Frith as desperate preventative measures are taken to stop the Toddbrook reservoir flooding the town.

The reservoir - which contains around 1.3 million tonnes of water - has the potential to wipe out the town if the dam collapses and emergency crews are battling to repair the damage.

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