Students at the University of Reading's Department of Geography and Environmental Science are learning how to help minimise the damage from future flooding ... she added. Image caption, Students ...

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"We have to get separate flood insurance, which is a lot of money and they only end up paying 25% of what you lost." Image caption, Emma Kemsley said some businesses in the town were still waiting ...

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Joining Gatwa and Sethu for the second season are Millie Gibson, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Anita Dobson, Christopher Chung, Michelle Greenidge, Jonah Hauer-King, Ruth Madeley, Jemma Redgrave, Susan Twist ...

Jason and Erika Lott and 12-year-old Rivers Bond were trapped inside a stranded vehicle in flood waters in Moore, close to Oklahoma City. Erika and Rivers were later found dead inside the car ...