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Sat 11 Nov 2009Shannon levels may take three weeks to drop
RELIEF EFFORTS:THE GOVERNMENT’S Emergency Response Co-ordination Committee chairman Seán Hogan says peak levels may have been detected on the river Shannon.
However, the “indicated” peak is on the 256km river’s upper reaches, and it could still take three weeks for the enormous volume of water to work its way south to the sea, given the gradient of the Shannon corridor, Mr Hogan said.
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