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After Storm Darragh causing chaos last weekend, people across Somerset have been busy cleaning up. ... Follow BBC Somerset on Facebook and X. ... More on this story. Somerset in pictures: Santa ...
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High volume pumps were brought in from the Netherlands and installed at several points to try to relieve the flooding. Prince Charles and several senior politicians visited the area. Controversy arose about the role of the Environment Agency , with claims that the need for ongoing dredging of the main rivers had been neglected.
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In France, the storm caused widespread flooding in the south west, causing considerable damage in the river basins of the Garonne and Adour and flooding the city of Bordeaux. [ 7 ] The MV Bonita , an 8000 tonne Ecuadorian cargo ship sailing from Hamburg to Panama was caught in the storm in the English Channel . 29 were rescued from the ship, 4 ...
The flooding is thought to have been caused by a high astronomical spring tide combined with severe weather, namely low atmospheric pressure bringing strong winds and a storm surge. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The spring tide in the Bristol Channel on 30 January 1607 reached a height of 7.86 metres (25 ft 9 in).
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