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Sat 11 Nov 2009Flood-hit UK faces more rain
The emergency services in England were searching homes today as residents braced themselves for more rain the wettest day on record caused chaos, flooding homes, sweeping away bridges and claiming the life of a policeman.
The “Biblical” downpour over Cumbria was the highest level of rainfall measured in England since records began, forecasters said, with 314mm - more than one foot of rain - falling in 24 hours.
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