Saturday, November 24, 2012

UK on flood alert with heavy rain forecast for weekend

Guardian: Flooding across the UK is set to worsen this weekend with "substantial" heavy rainfall forecast in the next 24 hours. The Environment Agency (EA) has 52 flood warnings and 159 less serious flood alerts in place with England, Wales and Scotland expected to see one inch of rain fall on Saturday and winds of up to 60mph. The agency said nearly 300 properties had already flooded across the UK since Tuesday. On Thursday night a man died when he became trapped in his 4x4 after it became wedged under...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/24/uk-flood-warnings-heavy-rain-forecast
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/11/24/1353753814807/Flooding-near-Exeter-010.jpg

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