UK Flood Waters Rise; River Thames Banks Just Ruptured

River Thames Banks Just Ruptured

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By Paul Majendie Wed Jul 25, 9:25 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - The River Thames burst its banks on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes in the university city of Oxford in Britain's worst floods for 60 years.

About 350,000 people faced two weeks without running water, the insurance bill could soar to 3 billion pounds ($6.2 billion) and farmers say harvests have been badly hit.

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[edit on 25-7-2007 by Realtruth]

I don't know if this has been posted yet, if so feel free to remove it. This is a terrible thing to happen to London if they can not get it under control and the rains keep up. I hope your all ok over there and be safe.

UK friends keep us up to date on what is going on.



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[edit on 25-7-2007 by Realtruth]

10 billion for olympics
1 billion for wembley stadium
upto 3 billion for flood damage

uk is having good days with there money and spending are they not. Can you imagine all those council tenents need new downstairs, its going to cost a fortune

[edit on 7/25/2007 by andy1033]