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[30] [31] On 24 December, flood defence gates were closed in Carlisle, Keswick and Cockermouth to limit the damage of rainfall and 20 water pumps and two kilometres of temporary flood barriers were transported to northern England. [32] Ferries operating between Dublin and Holyhead were cancelled due to bad weather on the Irish Sea. [33]
Several areas flooded between Pisa and Livorno, 15 people rescued. [87] On 27 October 2024, In Turin the Po overflows at the Murazzi. [88] Also in Sardinia, due to heavy rains, a 41-year-old man was overwhelmed with his off-road vehicle in the Monte Arcosu nature reserve by a torrent in flood that caused the vehicle to roll down a slope. The ...
In the 2010s, the barrier was generally (as a median) closed twice a year but the average is still 6–7 due to the extreme of 50 times in 2013–14. This defence level allowed for long-term changes in sea and land levels as understood at that time (c. 1970). From 1982 until 19 March 2007, the barrier was raised one hundred times to prevent ...
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It is the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and the European mainland. At its lowest point, it is 75 m (246 ft) below the sea bed and 115 m (377 ft) below sea level. [5] [6] [7] At 37.9 km (23.5 miles), it has the longest underwater section of any tunnel in the world and is the third-longest railway tunnel in the world.
In addition, due to the heavy flooding and because tens of home fuel tanks had broken loose and started leaking into rivers, a number of municipalities in Liège and Namur provinces were left without potable tap water. [23] Around 41,000 households were left without electricity in Wallonia. [24]
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The area between Åland and Finland is shallow with many islands, able to be connected with bridges - some of which already exist. Between Umeå and Vaasa further north, there is a proposal to build the Kvarken Bridge, a series of bridges, the longest 26 km (16 mi), in total 40 km (25 mi). None of these proposals have been seriously investigated.