One Month's Rain Falls In One Day In NW England, Southern Scotland

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A month's rain fell in one day in parts of England and Scotland overnight, causing serious flooding in many areas. Emergency services were called out as heavy downpours affected southern Scotland, parts of north west England and south Wales. Flooding forced the West Coast Main Line to close between Cumbria and Glasgow, Virgin Trains said.

But forecasters said the worst was over, and conditions were expected to improve today.

The worst-affected area was Keswick in Cumbria, where 82mm (3.2 inches) of rain fell in 24 hours. Brendan Jones from the PA WeatherCentre said: "Many areas in Wales, north west England and Scotland have seen up to the average monthly rainfall in a 24-hour period. Today is the last day when we are going to see the severe rain. The general outlook for tomorrow onwards is much better conditions just about everywhere."

Some 54mm (2.1 inches) of rain fell in Edinburgh yesterday and overnight, exceeding the October average. The monthly expected total was also exceeded in Aberdeen, where 45mm (1.8 inches) fell in 24 hours. Milford Haven in south Wales was badly affected. Some 97mm (3.8 inches) of rain fell during the day yesterday, and 15mm (0.6 inches) overnight, well exceeding the monthly expected average.
The Environment Agency said none of the rivers in the affected areas had burst their banks.

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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/article318923.ece

[NNadir]

1. Here in New Jersey we've had more rain in this week than we had in

two months.

Mud is everywhere. First the grass died from drought, and then it rained.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Hawick in Scotland:

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=2078182005

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[harlinchi]

6. Is that a sinking smurf or a drowning, roaming gnome? n/t

[orwell]

3. Nothing to see here citizen...

...move on...

[Neocondriac]

4. Call me crazy...

But when you have a tropical storm bearing down on Lisbon we're all in fucking trouble.