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Flooding on the road to Nether Heyford from Upper Heyford Northamptonshire in April. The 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods were a series of weather events that affected parts of Great Britain and Ireland periodically during the course of 2012 and on through the winter into 2013. The beginning of 2012 saw much of the United Kingdom ...
On 9 June, severe flooding began around Aberystwyth, West Wales with people evacuated from two holiday parks. 150 people saved by lifeboats with 4–5 ft (1.2–1.5 m) of water. On 28 June, a large low-pressure area moved across Northern Ireland .
23 June – Wales lose the third of their 3-match test series in their 2012 Summer Tour of Australia; Australia take the series 3–0. 3 December – After losing all four of their autumn international matches, Wales drop out of the top eight seeds, resulting in the side being placed in the third tier for the 2015 Rugby World Cup draw.
The 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods had brought severe flooding to the Somerset Levels. During December 2013 and January 2014 heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding on the Somerset Levels with over 600 houses and 17,000 acres (6,900 ha) of agricultural land, including North Moor, Curry and Hay Moors and Greylake, affected.
Dozens of flood alerts are also in place, with the River Mersey reaching its highest recorded levels at a measuring station in Northenden, Greater Manchester, at 3.71m (12ft).
2012: 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods: United Kingdom, Ireland: 9: Heavy rain 2012: 2012 Romanian floods: Romania: 5: Heavy rain 2013: 2013 European floods:
Three months ago, Western Digital (NYS: WDC) was getting swept away by the floodwaters in Bangkok. The company took much more damage from that disaster than archrival Seagate Technology (NAS: STX) .
The area experienced extensive flooding in June 2012. [1] Location: Locality: Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) OS grid reference: Dôl-y-Bont: Ceredigion