Major floods in Cumbria England

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8369934.stm
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In Cockermouth centre, water levels had reached more than 2.5m (8.2ft) and the Army was also drafted in to help with the rescue operation.

Andy Clift, the RNLI's divisional inspector for the north, said the service had rescued dozens of people in dangerous conditions.

He said: "We've experienced very strong river flows, over 20 knots, which make operating boats in those conditions quite hazardous.

"Certainly earlier on, when the flood water was at its peak, we were getting a lot of debris, including cars, being swept down the river and that also was very hazardous in the darkness, for our crews."

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[Doug.Goodall]

1. Global warming reveals itself in many forms of climate change

It is going to get a lot worse in the near future.

[theHandpuppet]

2. Scotland also hard hit

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Evacuation-alert-after-torrential-rain.5842601.jp

Evacuation alert after torrential rain brings flood chaos
Published Date: 20 November 2009
By FRANK URQUHART

COMMUNITIES in the Borders were on evacuation alert last night after more than 24 hours of unrelenting torrential rain led to rivers bursting their banks, flooding farmland and causing traffic chaos across a swathe of southern and central Scotland.

Gales, gusting to 70mph in places, added to the problems facing emergency services after more than 3in of rain fell in parts of the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway, with the Met Office warning of more to come. Hundreds of travellers were affected on both sides of the Border when Virgin rail services on the west coast main line were disrupted.

At Eskdalemuir, in Dumfriesshire, 3.5in of rain was recorded in 27 hours – smashing the previous record for a day of 2.75in set in 1931. Over the Border, Cumbria was harder hit, with 6.8in of rain in 24 hours at Seathwaite.

There are fears of more flooding today, as the continuing deluge falls on saturated ground.... MORE

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3. The small town where I grew up is under water.

Unbelievable.