Hundreds rescued from floods in Britain
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Helicopter and boat crews rescued hundreds of trapped people on Saturday after storms whipped through Britain, flooding towns and villages and sending thousands to emergency shelters.
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RAF helicopter crews help rescue more than 60 villagers after a Worcestershire river breaks its banks.
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British survivors of the Asian tsunami have been involved in amazing rescues and heroic acts of bravery in the aftermath of the disaster.
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Trapped residents in Boscastle are lifted to safety from the roof of their flooded home. Three people were missing yesterday after a flash flood hit a coastal tourist area in south-west England, sweeping dozens of cars into the sea and leaving hundreds ...
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Relentless rain overwhelmed flood defences in Yorkshire again yesterday, bursting river banks in central Leeds and forcing firefighters to evacuate 60 children from a nursery school and 70 staff from a textile mill
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Rescuers have saved a baby girl from torrents of floodwater that surged through the Cornish village of Boscastle by winching her to safety in a rucksack.
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Gasoline-powered pumps roared into action Tuesday as stunned Britons tried to dry out their houses after the worst flooding in more than half a century.
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More than 48,000 homes have power restored in one of the worst-hit areas as floods recede.
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Firefighters attend more than 100 calls   after torrential rain brings flooding, with a woman rescued from a basement.
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Appeals are set up in the north of England for victims of the June floods,as thousands remain homeless.
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Nearly 150,000 homes were without drinking water Monday after the worst floodwaters in 60 years swamped large areas of western England.
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Floods unleashed by torrential rain have killed at least 118 people and left 86 missing in southwest China. Authorities yesterday called in thousands of army and navy personnel to help after five days of continual
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Two people were dead and hundreds were stranded on Monday as torrential downpours caused widespread chaos and the worst floods seen in northern England in years.
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Parts of England and Wales are on flood alert after torrential rain overnight, the Environment Agency says.
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By Gary Marks HUNDREDS of people were evacuated from their homes in South Yorkshire today after torrential rain led to fears that a dam could burst.
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A substation is narrowly spared and power is restored to 48,000 homes, as floods recede in parts of England.
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TEWKESBURY, England -- Emergency workers rescued hundreds of trapped people yesterday as water swallowed swaths of central England in the worst flooding to hit the country for 60 years. Officials said some rivers were still rising, with the western section of the rain-swollen River Thames on the verge of bursting its banks.