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mom cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-16-04 06:35 PM
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Three missing in flash floods(In Britain...BBC)
Three missing in flash floods(In Britain...BBC)

This looks bad..at least 50 cars washed away. OMG


People were left trapped in cars, homes and trees
Three people are missing and dozens have been rescued after heavy flooding battered a coastal village.
Heavy storms on Monday afternoon caused 6cm (2ins) of rain to fall in two hours in the Boscastle area in north Cornwall.

Seven rescue helicopters were scrambled to winch people stranded on rooftops and in cars to safety.

Rescue workers described the situation as "horrendous" as buildings and cars were washed into the sea.


Michael Mulford, spokesman for RAF Kinloss which is co-ordinating the military rescue effort, said hundreds more people could need air-lifting from the flood-stricken area.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/3570940.stm



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JoFerret Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-16-04 06:46 PM
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1. Bad stuff
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-17-04 05:01 AM
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2. update: 3 people missing last night now accounted for
according to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/3571844.stm

There's now no-one reported as missing, but they're still searching, because, being a holiday village, they're not sure who was in and who was out of the area.
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