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Environment Agency is the lead on managing fluvial flood risk...The EA owns and operates a sluice gate which controls flow from River Colne to the River Ash. This...is designed to ensure there is always a base flow in the River Ash to maintain the ecosystem of the river. This sluice gate adjusts automatically to send flow into the River Ash as needed. In the February event the EA overrode the automatic settings on this gate to control flooding. On 9 February (morning), EA reported that the Hythe End intake gates to the Aqueduct were fully closed. And that from this point, the Aqueduct was being fed solely with floodwater originating from the County Ditch and Wraysbury River. Thames Water increased the pumping rate from 270 million litres-a-day to 350 million litres-a-day from its Birch Green pumping station in an attempt to control flood levels. On 9 February, according to the EA, they asked Thames Water to close the Moor Lane sluice gate, which is located on the Aqueduct. Thames Water claimed to have no record of receiving that request and as a consequence, the gate was not closed... ...the Aqueduct had partially collapsed while causing significant damage. LLFA Surrey County Council had no direct
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Boroughs of Surrey was predominately due to the Thames. It was caused by unprecedented rainfall during the winter 2013/2014 period (275% in Surrey compared with an average winter). There were approximately 1170 incidents of internal property flooding in Runnymede
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Atlantic/gulf stream before reaching the European coast. An Omega Block developed over northern Norway/Scandinavia which prevented the lows moving east over Europe, with a series of lows "dying" to the northwest of the British Isles. The blocking pattern over northern Norway led to a severe
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which briefly burst its banks. The latter said it had been following an existing three-party protocol. The EA replaced its inadequate sluice quickly. The
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Barnstaple in its county) on 8 February. Repairs were initially expected to take a week, but an inspection found the track was safe for slow moving trains. The line re-opened and a limited service was restored on 9 February after signalling problems were resolved. The alternative route along the
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Dawlish and slightly damaged Dawlish station itself. A wave measuring more than 70 ft (21 m) was recorded off the coast of Penzance. A flood buoy nearby triggered a reading of 74.8 ft (22.8 m) at
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said it had pulled all repair staff away from working on washed away track on 4 February. A section of the town's sea wall was later reported to have washed away among with the track. A Network Rail spokesman estimated "hundreds of tonnes" of ballast had been dislodged from under tracks after they
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December until the end of February, was the wettest recorded in the UK since records began in 1766. Parts of South East England received almost
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Atlantic over Scotland and the North Sea inducing a storm surge in the Irish Sea and North Sea coasts of the United Kingdom. In the North Sea some of the highest level tides were recorded in the Humber and Thames
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Plymouth's Hoe seafront and the nearby Barbican. Near Exeter, firefighters rescued a man from a vehicle stuck in floodwater. Sea defences, walls and footpaths were damaged, including at Newlyn Green on 4 February. The Tamar Bridge between Plymouth in Devon and Saltash in
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had "taken a real pounding from the sea". In a press release, First Great Western had initially said the line would only be closed until Wednesday as a result of the "poor weather conditions", but this was extended the until the end of the week.
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were similar in magnitude to those experienced during the
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767:"Winter storms, December 2013 to January 2014"
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145:drought and forest fires there in early 2014.
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891:"Flooding continues to threaten UK"
859:Carter, Claire (24 December 2013).
506:had brought severe flooding to the
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1041:"Extra £100m for floods aftermath"
830:"Britene har "kapret" regnet vårt"
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1198:. 6 February 2014. Archived from
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228:South Devon Railway sea wall
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2170:August 2008
2165:Summer 2007
2160:Autumn 2000
2150:Thames 1947
2145:Thames 1928
2102:London 2021
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1470:12 December
1312:10 February
1282:10 February
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1133:10 February
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2366:Windstorms
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2067:Louth 1920
2031:March 2013
2016:April 1981
2011:March 1891
1912:Cold snaps
1897:Lewes 1836
1889:Avalanches
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1402:9 February
1372:9 February
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108:Met Office
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2207:June 2016
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685:into the
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223:Somerset.
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1738:Archived
1708:Archived
1684:Archived
1653:Archived
1649:BBC News
1629:Archived
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551:dredging
524:Greylake
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327:the Wash
319:Teesside
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2632:Eunice
2605:Dennis
2427:Debbie
2112:Floods
2047:Larisa
1704:gov.uk
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415:Torbay
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2757:1955
2752:1911
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