Southwest England’s Flooded Counties Get More Heavy Rain
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Large parts of southern England face more rainfall and winds of as strong as 80 mph (129 kilometers an hour) as the Royal Marines, police and fire teams evacuated homes after flood defenses were breached.
Following two months of rain and storms that have drenched the U.K., two severe flood warnings were in force across England and Wales today along with 181 medium-risk warnings and almost 271 low-risk alerts, the Environment Agency said.