Heavy pumps are on flood standby

Thousands of homes were damaged by the summer floods

Specialist pumping equipment has been deployed by Humberside Fire and Rescue teams in an effort to cut the impact of any flooding across the area.

After days of heavy rainfall seven high-volume pumps have been brought in from other regions and stationed at locations deemed to be at risk.

The next high tide is expected to cause water courses to backup and crews are monitoring the situation.

Homeowners in parts of East Yorkshire had been warned of potential flooding.

Pump locations Hedon Haven Hessle Burstwick Holderness Drain Queen Elizabeth dock, Hull

The Environment Agency had previously issued a flood warning at the Burstwick Drain and said 180 properties in Burstwick and nearby Hedon were thought to be at risk.

The government provided 27 of the high-volume pumps which are located strategically throughout the country.

Each unit is deployed with a crew of six or seven firefighters and at each pumping point there will also be a supervisory officer.

Humberside Fire and Rescue said each pump is capable of moving huge volumes of water - up to 7,000 litres of water per minute.

An Olympic size swimming pool could be emptied by two of the pumps in three hours compared to just over nine hours with standard fire and rescue service pumps.

Each of the pump sets comes in two parts, each of which weighs 10 tonnes - or the same as eight family cars.