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The floods in the Midlands and North England last week have been in the news after 8 October. The worst affected area was around Sheffield and Doncaster. We learnt from the News that in some places the daily totals exceeded the monthly mean amounts. But this per se do not justify the impact on the ground we watch on the TVs, but was a combination of a wet month and heavy rainfall on the day.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50384178
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