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United Kingdom: David Cameron promises to help flood victims on visit to Somerset
2014-02-07 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The prime minister, under growing pressure for not visiting the flood-hit Somerset levels, finally made a trip to the area on Friday where he vowed to do everything he could to help. On his visit in the company of the local Bridgwater Conservative MP, Ian Liddell-Grainger, David Cameron said: "Clearly people here faced a very tough time and continue to face a tough time, and that is why we have got to do everything we can to help. "So more pumps we brought in more pumps; more help from the...
David Cameron overrules Environment Secretary Owen Paterson to order urgent dredging in Somerset to c
2014-02-05 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: David Cameron has seized control of the flooding debacle, ordering the Environment Agency to abandon its opposition to river dredging as he pledged to spend an extra 100 million on flood defences this year. In a bid to reassure voters that he would get the flooding under control, Mr Cameron sidelined his Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, replacing him at the helm of the Governments emergency flood committee. He also strongly criticised the Environment Agencys response to the disaster. ...
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'Worse than useless': Flood-affected locals on the Somerset Levels blame plight on Environmental Agency
2014-02-04 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Like most of the residents of Muchelney, farmer Graham Walker has had enough of the floods that have left his fields underwater and his sheep scattered for six weeks. The village in the middle of the Somerset Levels has been cut off from the mainland since the New Year and, like most of his fellow residents, Mr Walker puts the blame squarely with the Environment Agency (EA) for its failure to dredge... local rivers. [It] has been worse than useless, he said. Weve told them for years...
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United Kingdom: Military on standby as forecasters warn Somerset to prepare for more flooding
2014-01-30 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Scores of soldiers, Royal Marines and emergency services personnel will be on standby on Friday as the people of the flooded Somerset Levels brace themselves again for more rain, gales and a tidal surge. For the first time since the Levels went under water at the start of the month, military engineers and troops were on the ground on Thursday helping civilian staff plan the response to this weekend's predicted storms. Military vehicles, including Royal Marine amphibious vessels, were made available...
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United Kingdom: Flooding: Army arrive in Somerset to aid flood relief effort
2014-01-30 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Military planners and engineers have arrived in villages left stricken by floods as part of emergency relief efforts initiated by the Government. The Ministry of Defence said up to 100 military personnel from the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Army were on standby to provide assistance, amid fears of further storms during Thursday. The announcement came after the Government agreed to draw up plans for specialist amphibious equipment to be deployed to the Somerset Levels after Somerset County...
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