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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Ungoing Storms and Floods in Britain
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/05/david-cameron-control-flooding-crisis-worsens<snip>
The Environment Agency now has nine severe flood warnings in place, covering much of the south coast from Cornwall to Dorset, as well as the Somerset Levels. A further 65 flood warnings are in place across southern England, the Midlands and Wales.
With more than 300 properties under water and 8,000 homes without power, the army has been drafted in to offer planning advice and stands ready to provide troops. Police have used megaphone warnings from a helicopter to urge residents in the flood-stricken Somerset Levels to leave their homes.
In Devon, a 30 metre stretch of the seawall in Dawlish has been swept away leaving the main south-west rail line dangling over the sea. Rail services west of Exeter are likely to face weeks of disruption and Exeter MP and former Labour environment minister Ben Bradshaw has called for the line to be rerouted.
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The Ungoing Storms and Floods in Britain (Original Post)
malaise
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FSogol
(45,580 posts)2. Flooding in England is an example of the UN taking America's sovereignty away?
Um, this is "Democratic Underground", not "Glen Beck Underground." Just sayin.
Looked like a fun one - sometimes I wish we could still see the posts made by tombstoned by MIRT posters - I need a good laugh today!
FSogol
(45,580 posts)5. They attracted the attention of MIRT in this thread and got the pizza delivery:
Good reply
Still shaking head