"harry" wrote in message
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https://www.newscientist.com/article...ive-uk-floods/

Instead of the drivel some people here seem to read.

Last year, numpty.
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Much of southern England is underwater thanks to a record-breaking deluge
that has fallen over two months. More than 5000 homes have flooded in the
Thames valley and Somerset. Many of the people affected complain that rivers
should have been dredged to allow the water to escape faster. But
hydrologists say dredging alone would have made little difference. The only
way is to manage entire catchment areas, or in the case of Somerset, perhaps
build an artificial lagoon.
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