Five hundred extra soldiers have been brought in to deal with “unprecedented” flooding in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Another thousand are on stand-by after David Cameron vowed to help people in “their hour of need”. Rescue teams have been evacuating homes in York where the water levels are still rising. Thousands of people in north-west England are without power. Rescue teams evacuating residents The BBC reports: There are scores of flood warnings in England, Wales and Scotland – more than 20 severe, meaning danger to life. On Sunday, the government said it was deploying a further 200 soldiers to affected areas on top of the 300 who were already on the ground. After chairing an emergency conference call of the government’s emergency committee Cobra, the prime minister said the “level of the rivers plus the level of rainfall has created an unprecedented effect, and so some very serious flooding”. “We will do everything we can to help people in this, their hour of need,” added Mr Cameron, who is expected to visit some of the flood-affected areas on Monday. City of York Council said the River Ouse was 5.1m above normal summer levels and was expected to peak around lunchtime on [...]