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It is the benchmark by which the Environment Agency measures how bad things really are when the floodwaters arrive.
In 1947, vast areas of the West were submerged when after weeks of frost, meltwater from the Welsh mountains poured into the valleys of the Severn and Wye, flooding huge swathes of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.See the full content of this document
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By the time the floodwater receded, damage was estimated at pounds12 million, the equivalent of pounds300m today.
Sixty years ago, the West...See the full content of this document
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