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Princes William and Harry pitch in as Britain continues to fight massive storms
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/14/princes-william-and-harry-pitch-in-as-britain-continues-to-fight-massive-storms/
Princes William and Harry pitch in as Britain continues to fight massive storms
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, February 14, 2014 17:33 EST
Britain’s Princes William and Harry pitched in to help flood victims on Friday as a new winter storm barrelled into the country, causing fresh misery after the wettest start to the year for 250 years.
The princes joined soldiers distributing sandbags to protect properties in the flood-hit village of Datchet, near London, in the shadow of Queen Elizabeth II’s Windsor Castle residence.
The Met Office said a “multi-pronged attack” of wind, rain and snow was sweeping across the country after making landfall in southwest England with winds of nearly 80 mph (128 kph).
It said up to 40 mm (1.6 ins) of rain could fall and warned of more huge waves and a tidal surge on the south coast of England, where earlier storms wiped out a railway line and damaged historic cliff features.