Flood Page #6

- All right.

(Rushing water)

Run! Run!

This way, come on! Come on!

Run! Keep going! Keep going!

We've gotta find a latch

or a handle or something!

That's it!

Give me a hand!

Give me a hand! Come on! That's it!

Go on, mate!

(Bill) Get it closed!

(Zak) Push it, Bill!

It's coming again!

- That's it!

- Put your weight into it!

Bill!

(Screams)

(Zak) Don't let go of me!

(Bill) Zak!

(Zak) Hold it open!

(Rob) I can't!

Don't let go!

Now hold on!

Bill!

(Gasping)

(Groans)

(Sobs)

- Hey, you all right?

- Yeah.

- I think I found a way out.

- OK.

So this must be what Bill's talking about.

Where is Bill?

Commissioner Nash. The latest indications

are that the storm has turned.

It's heading south.

That's not the point. The crucial issue is

when will the surge lose momentum.

That's what I'm saying. No storm, no surge.

A surge this powerful will maintain

its own momentum, and for a long time.

- What do you mean? - It could

take out the rest of the city.

We haven't seen the worst of it?

All of those people at the safety

points, including your rescue teams,

are at high risk.

Do you see that, Mr Hopkins?

That's just two people.

There are countless others

depending for their next breath

on the accuracy of your

forecast, as are we.

Keith.

- You all right?

- It's too high!

- You'll have to climb. You're not safe

here. - I really don't think I can do this.

- You can do this.

- Yeah, you're gonna be fine.

- You will follow me and you're

gonna be fine. - All right?

All right.

This is crazy. If one of us slips...

By my calculations, the water will be

six to eight feet deep here, here,

but only one or two feet

deep here, here,here.

So these are the roads

your people should be using

to get survivors to Greenwich Park

and other safety points.

So these are our key

evacuation corridors.

But if these are our only

access routes,

land-based search and rescue in these other

areas is gonna be well nigh impossible.

I need more air support.

All our air support is already deployed.

Our pilots are massively overstretched.

They're already flying

longer than is safe or legal.

My guys aren't overstretched.

You can't expect miracles from us

if this is all we've got to work with!

Would you excuse me a moment?

Johnson, take over.

Hey!

Keep your eyes on me.

You're doing great.

Look at me.

We're doing well.

I can see the end.

What's going on?

Zak! Zak!

Zak!

Give me your hand.

Aagh!

Take my hand.

Grab it.

(Grunts)

(Man) Can you see anything there?

- Phone.

- I tried, the phone lines are down.

- (Dialling tone)

- Got a line.

- (Dialling tone)

- Oh, sh*t!

Hello? Hello?

Can you put me through to Cobra? Yeah.

Can you repeat that?

Yes, that's right.

Put them straight through.

We want to talk to them.

Ma'am. I think you'll want

to take this call.

- Is it Claire and Emma?

- Claire?

I'm sorry?

Yes, um... that's fantastic news.

Hang on one second. There's

someone here you should be talking to.

I'll pass you over. It's for you.

- Morrison here.

Dad, it's you!

Rob.

Oh, thank God. Rob.

Dad! I thought you were...

I'm still here. I just can't believe

it's you. Where... where are you?

We're in central London,

or what's left of it.

- We? Is Sam with you?

- Yeah, yeah. Yeah, she's here.

Rob, I may need your help. Stay where

you are. They'll be able to trace this call.

I'll make sure you're both

picked up as soon as possible.

I can't tell you how relieved I am.

Me too.

I need to speak to Sam.

Can you put her on?

Yeah. Sam.

Leonard! Oh, God, it's so

good to hear your voice!

- Sam about the Barrier...

- What?

- Do you think it's still operational?

- Uh...

Oh God, well, I can't imagine

the Barrier is in very good shape.

Is there any way we could

open the gates manually?

Well, yeah. No, no, you could

override the auto setup.

But I think access

would be an issue.

Sam. I think the Barrier

is our answer.

What's the problem?

But we need to rendezvous

at Defiant first

OK.

Although the surge is still

ploughing its way upriver,

if we lower the Barrier,

the water upriver can

drain into the Estuary.

What we then need is a force which in effect

increases the rate at which the tide ebbs.

- Is that something we can create?

- There may be a way.

To stop the surge, I think we

should open these sluice gates.

Let the whole lot flush downstream.

We'll need exact timings

from the Met Office,

so that the whole operation

coincides with the ebbing of the tide.

But if we open the sluice gates,

wouldn't we be releasing even

more water into the flood plain?

Of course, but if you get the

timing right, with the Barrier open,

we'll have the water from the sluice

gates counteracting the surge,

and the outgoing tide

pulling it back down the Estuary.

Hopkins?

Where the hell's Hopkins?

I need him here.

Get me the Waterways Manager.

It's Commissioner Nash.

(Footsteps)

- Zak.

- Yeah.

We're gonna go now.

I want you to stay and

look after the others.

OK?

You'll be safe here.

Someone will come soon.

All right?

Yeah.

- Thank you.

- No.

Thank you.

Sam.

Sir. Safety points are filling up. We're

running out of fresh drinking water.

We'll need to requisition more transport

within the next 30 minutes.

Right, but make sure you

coordinate with Ashcroft.

Oh, I'm due to speak to

the PM shortly.

Do we know yet how many

people didn't get out?

The latest estimate is, um... 200,000, sir.

(Sighs)

It's Hopkins.

- What about him?

- His... body's just been found.

What? How could...

- I should have seen this coming.

- Oh, no.

I'm sorry.

Oh...

(Deputy Prime Minister)

So we ask for your prayers...

for those who are braving terrible

conditions in a bid to save lives.

This is just the start of a terrible

day of reckoning for London.

Rescue services are

highly stretched

and we have to face

the consequences

They're preparing us for the worst.

Loss of life on this scale is something

we've never experienced before in this city.

I believe London will survive,

and we will recover.

Thank you.

Jesus, they don't think

anyone made it.

It's not as if they're gonna

be out looking for us.

May I join you?

Our only reason for being

here is to save lives.

God knows how many

we've lost out there.

we've failed... or I did.

You've done everything

humanly possible.

Countless people owe their

lives to you,

including me.

You've seen the pictures.

Who could survive that?

My girls are out there.

I don't even know

where they are.

This all look s great, but in

real life we're dealing with

massive unpredictable forces.

I don't care what your model says. There's

no way we can predict what's gonna happen

when these two bodies of

water come together.

It's a hell of a risk, ma'am.

And the chances of it working out

the way the professor think s it will,

must be a million to one.

- Leonard?

I've taken all known variables into

consideration including the issue of timing.

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