North-western England sank yesterday under the heaviest rainfall ever seen in Britain, with more than a foot recorded in just 24 hours at a weather station in Seathwaite, Cumbria.
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Devastation on a ‘Biblical’ scale: is this a glimpse of the future for the UK?
The “biblical” floods that have wreaked havoc across parts of Britain will become more common in future as global weather patterns change, forecasters warn.
