Floods strike Britain; Thames rising

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070724/ap_on_re_eu/britain_flooding

TEWKESBURY, England - Emergency workers rescued hundreds of trapped people Monday 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.
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Roads and parking lots were submerged, trains suspended, buses canceled. Hundreds of thousands of people were without electricity or drinking water, and farmers saw their summer crops destroyed.

Torrential rains have plagued Britain over the past month — nearly 5 inches fell in some areas on Friday alone — and more downpours were predicted this week.
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Perhaps England needs to worry more about Global Warming than video cameras on every street corner and supporting the Iraq War

Global Warming will be one of the biggest disasters for England which is an island

Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
Cause London is drowning and I live by the river

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Americans still haven't got the message but they will

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/6911778.stm

This is serious flooding.

Flooding seems to be a recurring theme in the past month or so. Between major flooding in the southern plains here, in China, Australia and now Britain.