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Severe Flooding Forces Evacuations, Damages Homes In Midwestern USA

Severe Flooding ‘worst in 50 years’, as 150,000 flee in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay BBC News

RED ALERT ISSUED Severe Flooding Causes A Bridge To Collapse Triggering Evacuation Of Homes In Parts Of The UK

Troops helped evacuate residents amid fears of flooding and a gas explosion after part of a town’s ancient bridge collapsed.   The Environment Agency warned people living near to the crossing over the River Wharfe in Tadcaster to leave immediately…

RED ALERT Emergency Meeting By Government Due To Apocalyptic Flooding In Parts Of The UK

Floods ‘Worst In Living Memory David Cameron is to chair an emergency meeting as more than 7,000 homes remain without power following unprecedented rainfall in the north of England.   Floods Minister Rory Stewart said rainfall in some areas reached…

RED ALERT ISSUED ‘Danger To Life’ Flood Warnings For Lancashire, UK

Rare red flood warnings – the severest possible, signifying a “danger to life” – have been issued for Lancashire and Yorkshire today.   Weather experts forecast up to 5 inches of rain in the north of England – an amount…

Military Sent In To Battle Christmas Severe Floods In Cumbria, UK

Armed Forces are on stand-by for a Christmas flooding crisis as the North braces for more severe weather.   Seven hundred Environment Agency staff and military personnel are being deployed as flood warnings have been issued in the North and…