Roy Marshall from Henleaze and international warehouse operative Derek Hall (background). Credit: Victoria Wood-Matthews/BRC

A BRISTOL man has joined the latest emergency response to flooding on the Somerset Levels.

Roy Marshall from Henleaze joined a British Red Cross crew in a second 4x4 vehicle sent from the charitys international warehouse in Warmley to support with transferring people through flood water.

The Landrover Defender is in addition to the 4x4 Unimog vehicle the charity dispatched last week to transport fuel and supplies through the flooded back roads to the cut-off village of Muchelney.

In total the Red Cross has a team of six volunteers in three 4x4 vehicles on the ground in the Somerset Levels as part of the multi-agency response aimed at keeping residents safe.

Three additional volunteers have been dispatched to assist the authorities with the setting up of a rest centre at North Petherton Bowling Club, on the edge of the Somerset Levels.

More volunteers are being placed on standby to continue the response tonight and into tomorrow, with more bad weather on the way.

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The Bristol Post commented Bristol volunteer heads to aid flood victims for Red Cross