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hundreds of homes have been left
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underwater roads were turned into rivers
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and Winds of more than 80 m per hour
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were recorded across some parts of the
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UK as storm bir continues to batter the
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country around 350,000 homes in England
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lost power during the storm though most
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have since been reconnected more than
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300 flights set to depart from UK
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airports were cancelled and some areas
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saw an excess of 130 mm of rainfall in
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just 24 hours on Sunday this flood map
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shows all the areas with flood warnings
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alerts and severe flood warnings more
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than 150 flood warnings and more than
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200 flood alerts have been issued by the
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environment agency in England with a
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further 22 flood warnings and 36 flood
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alerts in places in Wales in England a
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severe flood warning has been issued for
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billing aquadrome and surrounding parks
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next to River Nan in Northampton and a
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major incident has been declared in
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South Wales after dozens of homes
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businesses and a number of schools were
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affected by flooding during storm BT the
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Welsh first Minister said it's been a
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very difficult weekend and absolutely
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devastating for those affected by
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flooding asked if there will be
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emergency funding available to help
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people she said discussions have already
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started and they will do everything they
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need to put measures in place to support
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people who have undergone this difficult
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situation she added that they have put
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hundreds of millions of pounds into
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flood defenses over the past few years
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which is helping to protect around
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250,000 homes but clearly climate change
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is going to impact us and there will
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come a point where it's too difficult to
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protect every home in the country she
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said storm BT has also had a huge impact
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on transport across the country train
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Services between London Paddington and
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both Southwest England and South Wales
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have been severely impacted Great
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Western Railway has suspended services
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on all key routes due to flooding and
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Fallen trees while other operators have
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canceled services today while more than
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180 flood warnings remain in place
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London Northwest Railway reported that
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no rail Services would operate through
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Northampton station due to the river n
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bursting its banks Southern which runs
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rail Services across the southeast of
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England said some services on Monday
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will be cancelled or revised because of
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the forecast for severe weather
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including on its London Network and the
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West coastway between havent and
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Southampton Great Western Railway said
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disruption is expected to last until at
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least the end of Monday and advise
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customers not to travel and check for
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the latest updates on its website the
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Met Office forecasts that rain in the
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southeast of England will clear on
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Monday but blustery showers could stick
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around in the Northwest to keep across
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