Thousands barricade homes with sandbags as Britain prepares for Major Floods

by steve468 | January 15, 2008 at 06:25 am
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Thousands barricade homes with sandbags as Britain prepares for Major Floods

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BRITAIN IS braced for fresh flooding today as forecasters predicted more than a week's worth of rain will fall in just a few hours. In parts of western England, as much as 1.5in (40mm) of rain is expected to fall this morning - roughly a third of the average expected UK rainfall for January


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