Ground So Saturated That UK Flooding Could Not Just Persist, But Increase For Months - BBC

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Groundwater levels are so high in some parts of the country that flooding is likely to persist for weeks or even months, experts say.

A scientist with the British Geological Survey (BGS) said levels were likely to keep rising even if there was no more rain as so much water was soaking through the soil. He told the BBC waters could keep increasing for months.

The BGS runs 32 boreholes across the country to measure water levels.

It said nine of them show record water levels and one has never been so full in its 179 years of operation.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26136975

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1. Water airlift to California

If only it were feasible!

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2. This has nothing to do with global warming!!!!