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Fri 07 Jul 2009Questions raised over drainage in north Dublin as floods force dozens from homes
DOZENS OF people had to be evacuated from their homes in north Dublin in the early hours of yesterday morning as a result of severe flooding following torrential overnight rains.
Almost three weeks’ average rainfall hit the capital over a 90- minute period from about 2am. Other parts of the country were also affected by exceptionally heavy rains and thunder and lightning storms, but the worst of the flooding occurred in Dublin.
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