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UK Floods News, Jun 30, 2012


Weather: UK's Wettest Ever April To June
Sky News
Homes well away from rivers and streams were flooded and cars were submerged after Thursday's heavy rainfall. Northern England, the Midlands, Scotland and Northern Ireland were worst hit by storms that brought lightning, giant hail stones and reports ...
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Flooded area in North East England gets visit from minister
BBC News
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is visiting Gateshead in North East England as the area clears up the damage from torrential rain.
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BBC News
Minister visits area hit by floods
Belfast Telegraph
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman will visit the North East of England as home-owners, businesses and the insurance industry count the cost of a major clean-up operation after freak storms hit the country.
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Belfast Telegraph
Storms and floods cause chaos in parts of the UK
BBC News
Flooding isn't what you'd expect to to happen in June, but with huge storms in parts of the UK, it's been far from sunny for many people.
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BBC News
Thousands are hit as landslides and flooding cause chaos on the rails
Scottish Daily Record
TRAVEL chaos hit thousands ofScots again yesterday as engineers battled to repair railways damaged by landslides and flooding.
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Torrential rain causes UK flash floods
Sky News Australia
Torrential rain and severe storms have caused flash floods and suspended rail services in parts of the UK. One man died on Thursday after being swept away in Shropshire. In NorthernEngland, the Midlands, Scotland and Northern Ireland road closures and ...
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Sky News Australia
Wife's Tribute To Teacher Killed In Floods - World News Now
San Francisco Luxury News
Commuters are facing widespread disruption in parts of the UK after fierce storms and downpours caused flash floods, hitting major transport routes. Train services between Scotland and England have been axed in the wake of Thursday's freak deluges that ...
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UK weather chaos: The clean-up begins but rail delays continue after second ...
Mirror.co.uk
Thousands of homes were still without power today after rainstorms swept large parts of the UK. ... Northern Powergrid spokesman Roderick Stuart said: “The rain was torrential and the sheer amount of water was just flooding our equipment. "Getting...
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Mirror.co.uk
Big clean-up begins after storms leave thousands without electricity
The Guardian
Flood alerts remain in force after streets are submerged and 'golf ball' hail stones fall.
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The Guardian
Passengers stranded as floods cause train chaos
BBC News
The west coast main line connecting Scotland and Englandreopens in both directions after being closed twice in 24 hours.
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BBC News
Floods shut railway for second time
ic Scotland.co.uk
One of the main railways between Scotland and England has closed for the second time in 24 hours, as flooding brought chaos to the transport network. - Scottish News.
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East and west coast lines reopen
BBC News
The west coast main line connecting Scotland and England has reopened again in both directions. The line had closed twice in 24 hours after heavy rain caused flooding and problems with an overhead power line. The east coast main line between ...
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BBC News
Landslides and fire disrupt rail services as rains hit Scotland
BBC News
Rail services remain severely disrupted after torrential rain in parts of Scotland and northern England caused flooding and landslides.
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BBC News
Flooding causes major disruption across the UK
Farmers Guardian
TORRENTIAL rain and severe storms have flooded roads, fields and some residential properties across swaths of the north of the UK.
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Transport Chaos After Flash Floods
4RFV
Flash floods have disrupted transport across the UK today, with trains cancelled between Scotland and England. The flooding followed severe storms and torrential rain that saw an inch of water fall f.
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Flooding: North East hit by travel disruption
BBC News
Schools are closed, rail services cancelled and homes are without power after storms caused flooding across the region.
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BBC News
Immingham counts cost of flash-floods as waters recede
This is Grimsby
WHAT a difference a day makes.Driving around Immingham, less than 24 hours after streets were flooded and residents were desperately trying to prevent the water from coming into their homes,...
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Man dies in floods as storms sweep across country
This is Cornwall
One man died, roads and rail lines were blocked and properties flooded as torrential downpours caused flash floods across parts of the UKyesterday.The man was swept away by floodwater in a stream at...
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UK flood victims count the cost of storm clean-up
Times of Malta
Landslips caused chaos on the railways, cars were submerged by rising water and homes located far away from rivers and streams flooded because of the volume of rain that fell on Thursday. The Environment Agency said the period of April to June has been ...
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Chaos as floods wreck road and rail travel plans
This is Cornwall
Home-owners, businesses and the insurance industry were counting the cost of a major clean-up operation yesterday after freak storms hit the country.Landslips caused chaos on the railways, cars were...
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Giant hailstones, terrible floods, homes evacuated. Was all of this caused by...
The Independent
The flash floods that have destroyed homes and businesses, and caused travel chaos across the country could be down to a weather phenomenon known as the “Spanish plume”, meteorologists say.
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Rain to continue but flooding threat over for now in north-east
Metro
Rain is set to continue falling across north-east England today, but the threat of further flooding is thought to have passed.
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Metro
Cumbria cleans up after floods whilst disruption continues
BBC News
Parts of Cumbria continue to clean up and repairs begin, followingflooding in the county.
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BBC News
Further travel chaos after floods
ic Scotland.co.uk
Floods have wrecked road and rail travel again, with major train routes closed and some highways shut to traffic. - UK.
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Tribute to Shropshire flood victim Michael Ellis
BBC News
The wife of a 66-year-old man who was swept away in a floodedstream pays tribute to her "wonderful husband". ... The wife of a man who died after being swept away in a flooded stream in Shropshire has paid tribute to her "wonderful husband". Police ...
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BBC News
Freak rain, hail and thunderstorms cause chaos across UK
BBC News
Large parts of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been deluged with rain, causing flash floods.
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BBC News
Hull flood victims ask for assurances on future
This is Hull and East Riding
Residents met senior representatives from the Environment Agency, Association of British Insurers, Hull City Council and Yorkshire Water at the Guildhall yesterday. ​. Devastation: Flooding in Victoria Avenue, west Hull, in June 2007. But they were ...
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Rail line reopens after landslip
The Press Association
The storms and heavy rain which afflicted large areas of the UK floodedvarious sections of the line and caused the landslip at Spittal, south of Berwick. This deposited more than 40 tons of earth on to the track and washed away embankments supporting ...
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Flood victims left counting cost as storms cause travel chaos
Yorkshire Post
Rail services between England and Scotland were badly disrupted well into the day as rain tore away track beds at Scremerston, Northumberland, and landslides in the Lake District and Scottish Highlands also caused problems. It led to thousands being ...
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Yorkshire Post
Heavy rains cause major UK travel delays
Comparecarhire.co.uk
Meanwhile, thousands of homes in northeast England have lost power whilst severe floods have been reported in the Midlands, Northern Ireland and Scotland. However, meteorologists say the system has moved into other areas and the worst hit regions ...
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Flash floods hit northern England: In pictures | UK news | guardian ...
Torrential downpours overnight brought flooding to swaths of northernEngland, forcing people to leave their homes as more than a month's worth of rain fell in ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../flash-floods-northern-england-picture...
Flash floods hit UK - in pictures | UK news | guardian.co.uk
More bad weather forecast as severe storms and torrential rain caused flashfloods in parts of the UK.
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/.../flash-floods-uk-in-pictures?...
BBC News - Torrential rain causes flash floods across England
Flash floods in many areas of England cause problems for ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18627761
BBC News - Flooding hits northern England after torrential rain
Large parts of northern England are flooded, with up to 500 properties affected, after a month's worth of rain fell in a day, the Environment Agency says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18561142
BBC News - Floods follow torrential rain in north of England
Torrential rain has caused flooding across large areas of northern England, with some people being forced to leave their homes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18561908
Man dies as floods strike parts of UK | The Sun
Man dies as floods strike parts of UK. looded stream. Dangerous ... floodedstream. caters. By BEN JACKSON, Environment Editor, and ANDREW PARKER
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UK floods: Transport delays and power cuts continue | euronews ...
UK floods: Transport delays and power cuts continue. 29/06 12:23 CET. UK floods: Transport delays and power cuts continue
www.euronews.com/.../img_606X341_2906-uk-floods.jpg
Alerts for southwest England after floods hit north | euronews ...
Alerts for southwest England after floods hit north. 24/06 06:03 CET. Alerts for southwest England after floods hit north
www.euronews.com/.../img_606X341_uk-floods-240612.jpg
Man dies as floods strike parts of UK | The Sun |News
A MAN was swept to his death in a stream that became a deadly torrent yesterday as superstorms brought flash floods across Britain. Retired deputy...
www.thesun.co.uk/.../Man-dies-as-floods-strike-parts-of-UK.ht...
Floods disrupt UK transportation - Video on msnbc.com
Video on msnbc.com: Cleanup operations are underway in parts of the U.K.hit by flash floods. Lightning and hail stones the size of golf balls pelted parts of ...
video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/48013765/
Flooding across northern England after torrential rain | UK news ...
Torrential downpours have brought flooding to swathes of northern England, forcing people to leave their homes as more than a month's worth of rain fell in...
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Torrential rain causes flooding in Northern United Kingdom - RTÉ ...
Torrential rain has caused flooding in Scotland and northern England.
www.rte.ie/.../torrential-rain-causes-floods-in-ni-north-britain....
UK floods: 153 lightning strikes a minute and hailstones ... - Daily Mail
Britain is braced for a second day of torrential rain and storms after parts of the UK were hit by widespread flooding yesterday.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../UK-floods-153-lightning-strikes-min...
UK Weather: Flash Floods To Cause Major Disruption To ...
Widespread disruption is expected to blight major transport routes for a second day after fierce storms and torrential downpours caused flash floodsacross parts ...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/.../uk-weather-flash-floods-to-caus...
Scotland cut off as 'superstorms', floods and landslips close main rail ...
Scotland cut off as 'superstorms', floods and landslips close main rail links. Hundreds of rail passengers were left stranded on Thursday night after freak...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Scotland-cut-off-as-superstorms-flood...
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