Flights canceled amid flood alerts as second storm in week hits Britain

 

Waves crash over houses in the Cornwall's village St Agnes, Britain February 15, 2020 in this still image obtained from social media video. OSCAR MILLER/via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The second storm in a week hit Britain on Saturday, prompting flooding alerts for many parts of the country and disrupting flights and train services just as many schools start their half-term holidays.

 

The heavy rain and strong winds from Storm Dennis hit barely a week after Storm Ciara caused disruption to transport, flooded homes and left thousands without electricity.

 

EasyJet has warned of "significant disruption" to its operations with multiple flights canceled into Gatwick Airport while Luton Airport was advising passengers to check with their airlines before setting off from home.

 

A total of 30 warnings were in place in England, meaning flooding was expected, and 238 alerts cautioning that flooding is possible, according to the Environment Agency.

 

A total of 75 military personnel were helping to build barriers and repair flood defenses in Yorkshire, northern England, where the ground was already saturated from last week's rain.

 

"The government won’t hesitate to use all means at its disposal to mitigate the effects of Storm Dennis," said defense minister Ben Wallace.

 

(Reporting by Costas Pitas; Editing by Christina Fincher and Nick Macfie)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-02-16

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Thank goodness there is no such thing as global warning or climate change eh!

9 hours ago, dunroaming said:

Thank goodness there is no such thing as global warning or climate change eh!

lemme guess: there was never a weather event in history of earth when

co2 was less then 300 parts per million in atmosphere, hm ?

brilliant sherlock