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An army of 250 military and emergency workers were last night battling to stop a key sub-station from being swamped by the rising floodwater.
More than 150 servicemen from the Royal Navy, RAF and Army joined 100 firefighters to create a wall of 6,000 sandbags around the Waltham site.See the full content of this document
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Environment Minister Hilary Benn described the situation as touch and go in the House of Commons during an emergency statement.
He said: "Armed forces personnel were drafted in to help fire service and environment agency staff to erect a kilometre long temporary barrier around...See the full content of this document
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