BBC Radio 5 states '“They have got structural engineers trying to empty the reservoir but there is warning that the dam could go at any time.
"And if it does, there is a huge amount of water in Toddbrook Reservoir - it would flow down, it would swamp the town centre, the primary school. The damage to buildings potentially is absolutely enormous.”
Jill said she had spoken to a county councillor who told her 85% of people so far had been evacuated out of the cordoned off area.
It goes without stating that the Goyt is at high levels due to the heavy rainfall over the last couple of days and that the dangerous amount of water flowing down the river will be exacerbated by release of a huge amount water from the dam into the already swollen river does not bode well for Strines, Marple Bridge, Marple Dale or Chadkirk.